Ritualized Objects: How We Perceive and Respond to Causally Opaque and Goal Demoted Action

Rituals are able to transform ordinary objects into extraordinary objects. And while rituals typically do not cause physical changes, they may imbue objects with a particular specialness - a simple gold band may become a wedding ring, while an ordinary dessert may become a birthday cake. To treat su...

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Published in:Journal of cognition and culture
Authors: Kapitány, Rohan (Author) ; Nielsen, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Implements / Ritualization / Cognition
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B ritual cognition
B ritual stance
B causal opacity
B Ritual
B goal demotion
B cognitive science of religion
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