ANTH 195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Polytheism
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Ganth: chapter 4- metaphor, ritual, and worldview religion and magic. Worldview: can include-but doesn"t require-belief in the supernatural . Symbolic actions: language, ritual, myth, literature, art, music, dance, games. Habitual (regular) use of language influences how speakers view the world (their worldview). Different languages may direct their speakers to pay attention to different aspects of reality. Svo >> sam ate oranges (focus on objects) Vso >> ate sam oranges (focus on action: overt categories: explicit expression in every sentence. French le or la: covert categories: no explicit expression (only in some sentences. ) Metaphors: figurative expression in which one thing is described & understood in terms of another. How does argument become war: win or lose, attack or defend, shoot down, take sides, right on target, gain or lose ground, use strategies, reach a truce, stalemate, victory. Key metaphors: metaphors that dominate the meanings of people attribute to their experience, using one domain of experience to make sense of another, ex.
