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Description	We often think of pain as intrinsically bad, and the avoidance of pain is a fundamental evolutionary drive of all species. How can we then explain widespread cultural practices like certain rituals that involve the voluntary infliction of physical pain? In this paper, we argue that inflicting and experiencing pain in a ritual setting may serve important psychological and social functions. By providing psychological relief and leading to stronger identification with the group, such practices may result in a positive feedback loop, which serves both to increase the social cohesion of the community and the continuation of the ritual practices themselves. We argue that although the selective advantage of participation lies at the individual level, the benefits of those practices de facto extend to the group level, thereby allowing extreme rituals to function as effective social technologies. We often think of pain as intrinsically bad, and the avoidance of pain is a fundamental evolutionary drive of all species. How can we then explain widespread cultural practices like certain rituals that involve the voluntary infliction of physical pain? In this paper, we argue that inflicting and experiencing pain in a ritual setting may serve important psychological and social functions. By providing psychological relief and leading to stronger identification with the group, such practices may result in a positive feedback loop, which serves both to increase the social cohesion of the community and the continuation of the ritual practices themselves. We argue that although the selective advantage of participation lies at the individual level, the benefits of those practices de facto extend to the group level, thereby allowing extreme rituals to function as effective social technologies. (en)
Title	Extreme Rituals as Social Technologies Extreme Rituals as Social Technologies (en)
skos:prefLabel	Extreme Rituals as Social Technologies Extreme Rituals as Social Technologies (en)
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http://linked.open...vai/riv/dodaniDat	2015
http://linked.open...aciTvurceVysledku	Xygalatas, Dimitrios
http://linked.open.../riv/druhVysledku	J - Článek v odborném periodiku
http://linked.open...iv/duvernostUdaju	S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje nepodléhající ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
http://linked.open...titaPredkladatele	Masarykova univerzita / Filozofická fakulta
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http://linked.open...riv/jazykVysledku	eng - angličtina
http://linked.open.../riv/klicovaSlova	ritual; pain; suffering; experimental anthropology; evolution (en)
http://linked.open.../riv/klicoveSlovo	pain ritual evolution experimental anthropology suffering
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http://linked.open...i/riv/nazevZdroje	Journal of Cognition and Culture
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http://linked.open...vavai/riv/projekt	Laboratory for Experimental Research of Religion
http://linked.open...UplatneniVysledku	2014
http://linked.open...v/svazekPeriodika	14
http://linked.open...iv/tvurceVysledku	Xygalatas, Dimitrios Fischer, Ronald
issn	1567-7095
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