ANTA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Erzulie, Native American Religion, Ghost Dance
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Chapter 3: the social and cultural construction of reality. God, satan, possession) with no material proof not always religious (eg. horoscopes) Emilie durkheim the elementary forms of the religious life concept of god derived from the beliefs of early human beings: eg. Natives of australia believe in totemism the use of a symbol, generally an animal or a plant, as a representation of a group, generally a clan. Early anthropologists beliefs were in error but religious beliefs and rituals increase group cohesion and provide supernatural sanctions for the violation of group norms. It"s organizing and making concrete a particular view of the world. Metaphor a figure of speech in which linguistic expressions are taken from one area of experience and applied to another. Domain of experience an area of human experience (eg. business, war, science, family life) from which people borrow meaning to apply to other areas: eg. Jeff is a dog extension from animal to human world.
