The Primordial Roots of Being

Abstract. Suffering, alongside the feeling of sanctity of life, pervades human experience, generating primal anxiety, which humans learn to shore up with social solidarity and with the practice of communication in religious rituals. The roots of social belonging spring from the primordial sentiments...

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Main Author: Stewart, Edward C. P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 1987
In: Zygon
Year: 1987, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 87-107
Further subjects:B primordial belonging and being
B primal anxiety
B primordial sentiments
B social humanism of religion
B cultural values and thinking
B cultural barriers to communication
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Summary:Abstract. Suffering, alongside the feeling of sanctity of life, pervades human experience, generating primal anxiety, which humans learn to shore up with social solidarity and with the practice of communication in religious rituals. The roots of social belonging spring from the primordial sentiments toward ethnicity, race, language, religion, customs and traditions, and region. Self–identity, mediated by mental formations derived from social relations, is composed of thinking and values. Daily experience reveals that cultural differences produce blind spots in thinking and barriers in values—-governing areas of activity, social relations, the world, and identity of being—-that impedes cross—-cultural understanding.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1987.tb00839.x