An Overview of Dimitris Xygalatas' "Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living" (2022)
In his latest book Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living (2021), Dimitris Xygalatas brings together his various research programs with colleagues and the history of ritual theory to explain why humans engage in apparently pointless rituals. His core thesis is that rituals are n...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Αξιόλογηση |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Journal for the cognitive science of religion
Έτος: 2022, Τόμος: 10, Τεύχος: 1/2, Σελίδες: 125-133 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Ritual Behavior
B Ritual Studies B Religious rituals B Κριτική B Τελετουργία (μοτίβο) B Anthropology B Ritual Theory B Εξέλιξη B cognitive science of religion B evolutionary and cognitive sciences B Θρησκεία (μοτίβο) |
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| Σύνοψη: | In his latest book Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living (2021), Dimitris Xygalatas brings together his various research programs with colleagues and the history of ritual theory to explain why humans engage in apparently pointless rituals. His core thesis is that rituals are not pointless activities whatsoever but rather cultural technologies that make our lives better, whether they assuage anxieties or render our communities more prosocial. Drawing from an interdisciplinary body of scholarship, Xygalatas offers a compelling argument as to why we humans are a ritual species. Furthermore, Xygalatas’ extensive laboratory and ethnographic research from over the last two decades provides strong empirical evidence for his thesis and other longstanding theories in ritual studies. The result is a book that delivers a captivating introduction to ritual studies, reasons for seriously considering the power of rituals, and how to research rituals with philosophical rigor and methodological precision. |
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| ISSN: | 2049-7563 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jcsr.25026 |
