Bringing ritual to mind
McCauley, Robert N.
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Bringing ritual to mind
Published
September 2, 2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
250
ISBN-13
9780521016292
ISBN-10
0521016290
Description
"Bringing Ritual to Mind explores the cognitive and psychological foundations of religious ritual systems. Participants must recall their rituals well enough to ensure a sense of continuity across performances, and those rituals must motivate them to transmit and re-perform them. Most religious rituals the world over exploit either high performance frequency or extraordinary emotional stimulation (but not both) to enhance their recollection; the availability of literacy has little impact on this. But why do some rituals exploit the first of these variables while others exploit the second? McCauley and Lawson advance the ritual form hypothesis, arguing that participants' cognitive representations of ritual form explain why. Reviewing evidence from cognitive, developmental and social psychology, cultural anthropology, and the history of religions, they utilize dynamical systems tools to explain the recurrent evolutionary trajectories religions exhibit."--BOOK JACKET.
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This edition of Bringing ritual to mind has approximately 250 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, Bringing ritual to mind typically takes between 5h 13m and 3h 28m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 62,500 words and common reading speeds.
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Who is the author of Bringing ritual to mind?
Bringing ritual to mind was written by McCauley, Robert N..
When was Bringing ritual to mind published?
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