1979
DOI: 10.1163/156852779x00244
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The Meaninglessness of Ritual

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“…The performances of thorn and fire play have broader ramifications that affect the whole community in potentially negative or positive ways, depending on whether the rituals and play are performed correctly and persuasively. Even though Hindu ritual might be construed as a rule-oriented conglomeration of meaninglessness, as Frits Staal (1979) has argued, we could still agree with Romano Guardini (1922) in his discussion of Christian liturgy when he states that ritual is 'pointless but still significant ' (cited in Huizinga 1955: 19).…”
Section: Ritual and Playmentioning
confidence: 72%
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“…The performances of thorn and fire play have broader ramifications that affect the whole community in potentially negative or positive ways, depending on whether the rituals and play are performed correctly and persuasively. Even though Hindu ritual might be construed as a rule-oriented conglomeration of meaninglessness, as Frits Staal (1979) has argued, we could still agree with Romano Guardini (1922) in his discussion of Christian liturgy when he states that ritual is 'pointless but still significant ' (cited in Huizinga 1955: 19).…”
Section: Ritual and Playmentioning
confidence: 72%
“…He insists that the appropriate passages must be recited but need not be understood. His option of giving priority of the utterance over the meaning of the text lends credence to Staal's (1979) argument concerning the 'meaninglessness of ritual.' The English translations included in the text are thus only approximations.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…En contexte rituel, en effet, la pertinence des savoirs transmis est davantage présupposée qu'explicitée : avec ses formes relationnelles et communicationnelles non ordinaires (Houseman & Severi, 1994 ;Houseman, 1993 ;Bonhomme, 2005), ses actions souvent dénuées de sens (Staal, 1979), mais non moins efficaces (Humphrey & Laidlaw, 1994), ses langues rituelles largement incompréhensibles -mais non moins productrices de sens (De Carvalho, 1993a, 1993b) -, ses hiatus fréquents entre certaines de ses sous-actions et le but présumé de l'action rituelle (Boyer, 1997 ;Liénard & Boyer, 2006), les actions ritualisées présentent une série de caractéristiques qui tendent à accentuer leur « opacité cognitive » plutôt qu'à expliciter ou clarifier leur interprétation. Le contexte de « l'endoctrinement corporel » est, rappelons-le, un contexte exclusivement rituel, et la danse de possession est elle-même un comportement largement ritualisé.…”
Section: « Endoctrinement Corporel » Et Pédagogie Naturelleunclassified
“…To comprehend and be able to fully participate in a ritual, participants need to understand its reference to an underlying belief system. Otherwise, the ceremonial actions are at worst perceived as meaningless (Staal, 1979) or taken at face value (i.e., the wine is understood as a refreshment).…”
Section: Formal Resemblances and Differences Between Games And Ritualsmentioning
confidence: 99%