THE CULT OF THE VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE: A CELEBRATION WITH ECONOMIC AND TOURIST SPIRITUAL DIVIDENDS
Abstract
Religion has always been present and has witnessed the formation of the world system. Religions in the world have also been included in globalization itself, they are part of the economies and politics of states. Marx argued that religion is the opium of the people, a means of control and despite the context in which Marx raised it, it remains a hope for peace and expiation of guilt. The latter is an engine that mobilizes millions of people to witness, for example, the celebration and/or festivity of the Virgin of Guadalupe every December 12 in Mexico, a scenario that we will analyze in this work.
The foregoing does not lead to an account of this commemoration not only from the historical, spiritual part, but also from its commercial and tourist practices after the COVID-19 pandemic in the Centro municipality, Tabasco, Mexico. To get closer to reality, we use Husserl's phenomenology and resort to the theory of Marx and Clauss Offe to propose the economic context where observation and the questionnaire were essential to build a position on the possible commodification and tourism of Faith, from which the religions of the world have not escaped.
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