The (Most) Algorithmic Animal: Unknowable Causal Structures in the Information Age

Rituals are a means of regulation - they are a means for maintaining coherence and attaining long-term goals, including social coherence. But does their efficacy depend entirely, or at all, on their opacity? In this requested commentary on Harvey Whitehouse’s new book, The Ritual Animal, I discuss t...

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Main Author: Bryson, Joanna J. 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2022
In: Journal for the cognitive science of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-121
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ritual / Kausalitätswahrnehmung / Group cohesion / Polarization / Evolutionary psychology
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Book review
B Transparency
B Sustainability
B social coherence
B Ritual
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