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  • Formaat: Hardback, 322 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 13-Sep-2022
  • Kirjastus: Berghahn Books
  • ISBN-10: 1800735286
  • ISBN-13: 9781800735286
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 322 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 13-Sep-2022
  • Kirjastus: Berghahn Books
  • ISBN-10: 1800735286
  • ISBN-13: 9781800735286
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Designed for both academic and lay audiences, this book identifies the characteristics of ritual and, via multiple examples, details how ritual works on the human body and brain to produce its often profound effects. These include enhancing courage, effecting healing, and generating group cohesion by enacting cultural—or individual—beliefs and values. It also shows what happens when ritual fails.

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This book provides a fascinating introduction to ritual while offering innovative heuristics (e.g., ritual drivers, entrainment, symbolic penetration) to interpret how ritual effectively worksHighly Recommended. Choice





This book is ultimately a fantastic resource for those who desire for an enriched, holistic understanding of ritual in society (both past and modern). Due to the books rich literature review and clear definition of ritual it would be ideal for any undergraduate classroom, non-academic interested in understanding ritual, and professional scholars. Anthropological Book Forum





One could say that this is a "ritual omnibus"a text that takes us on a journey into the different scales and dimensions of ritual, and ultimately encourages its readers to rethink their understandings both of ritual and of society. Ruy Blanes, University of Gothenburg





This book is the go-to resource for anyone seeking a holistic, modern understanding of the human phenomenon of ritual. Robbie Davis-Floyd and Charles Laughlin not only assemble information and insights from a panoply of anthropologically known societies, but also enrich their discussion of rituals power from their own personal life experiences. The results are exciting and potentially lifechanging. Megan Biesele, President, Kalahari People's Fund

List of Illustrations
ix
Foreword xi
Betty Sue Flowers
Preface. About the Authors and Their Personal and Academic Engagements with Ritual xiii
Acknowledgments xxiv
Introduction. What Is Ritual? Its Definition and Characteristics 1(14)
Chapter 1 Symbolism in Ritual
15(27)
Chapter 2 The Cognitive Matrix of Ritual: Belief Systems, Myths, and Paradigms
42(21)
Chapter 3 Belief Systems, Myths, Paradigms, Rituals, and the Process of Truing
63(17)
Chapter 4 Ritual Drivers: Generating and Controlling Stages of Consciousness
80(24)
Chapter 5 Ritual Techniques and Technologies
104(18)
Chapter 6 Ritual Framing, Order, and Formality: How Ritual Generates a Sense of Inevitability and Inviolability
122(27)
Chapter 7 Ritual as Performance: Generating Emotion, Belief, and Transformation
149(29)
Chapter 8 Ritual and the 4 Stages of Cognition
178(24)
Chapter 9 Ritual's Paradoxical Roles: Preserving the Status Quo and Effecting Social Change
202(22)
Chapter 10 Designing Rituals
224(32)
Conclusion. Ritual: What It Is, How It Works, and Why 256(10)
Appendix 1 How to Create and Perform an Effective Stage 4 Ritual: Things to Remember and Include 266(3)
Appendix 2 List of Documentary Films about Ritual 269(9)
References 278(13)
Index 291
Robbie Davis-Floyd is Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Anthropology at Rice University, and Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology. She is the author of many books including Ways of Knowing about Birth: Mothers, Midwives, Medicine, and Birth Activism (2018, Waveland).