Ritual and Its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity

by Adam B. Seligman, Bennett Simon, Michael Puett, et al.

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This pioneering, interdisciplinary work shows how rituals allow us to live in a perennially imperfect world. Drawing on a variety of cultural settings, the authors utilize psychoanalytic and anthropological perspectives to describe how ritual--like play--creates "as if" worlds, rooted in the imaginative capacity of the human mind to create a subjunctive universe. The ability to cross between imagined worlds is central to the human capacity for empathy...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195336011

ISBN13:9780195336016

Release Date:March 2008

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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