Rituals, Music, and the Landscape Metaphor
In this commentary, we discuss two aspects of The Ritual Animal’s (2021) rich and multidimensional framework which may be further developed: the role of music and euphoric rituals within Harvey Whitehouse’s modes theory, and the use of the landscape model for studying sociocultural systems. We note...
| Published in: | Journal for the cognitive science of religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2022
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| In: |
Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ritual
/ Musik
/ Euphoria
/ Evolutionary psychology
/ Social culture
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
B modes theory B Music B Ritual B Evolution |
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| Summary: | In this commentary, we discuss two aspects of The Ritual Animal’s (2021) rich and multidimensional framework which may be further developed: the role of music and euphoric rituals within Harvey Whitehouse’s modes theory, and the use of the landscape model for studying sociocultural systems. We note the strong, cross-cultural association of music and religious rituals, consider the suitability of music for such practices, and suggest further research on how the use of music may accommodate both imagistic and doctrinal rituals. We then describe the social landscape model used by Whitehouse and consider his proposal to extend the model through the consideration of multiple landscapes at different levels. We accept his suggestion to explicitly include underlying and overlying networks of inputs but argue that since the interacting networks are not external to but constitutive of the landscape, a single landscape with multiple causal, constraining, and constitutive networks may better capture the integrated nature of social systems. |
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| ISSN: | 2049-7563 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "The Ritual Animal (2022)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jcsr.22389 |