ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nationstates, Zande People
14 Dec 2017
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Why are metaphors, rituals and zombies good to think with": belief systems and worldviews. Worldviews: an encompassing picture of reality based on shared cultural assumptions about how the world works. We can think of metaphors, rituals, stories music and myths as symbolic actions, activities that dramatically depict the world viewsshared by a specific group of people: metaphors. Metaphors are intrinsically absurd, but they are a crucial component of human existence: rituals. Ritual: a dramatic rendering of meanings shared by a specific group of people in a way that makes those meanings seem correct. A ritual not only depicts a metaphor but teaches participants how to experience the world as if the forces, gods and spirits were truly real. 3 key features or characteristics of rituals: witchcraft and magic in england. How are tarot cards an example of metaphors in witchcraft: myths.
