Extreme Rituals Promote Prosociality

Autoři	XYGALATAS Dimitrios MITKIDIS Panagiotis FISCHER Ronald REDDISH Paul SKEWES Joshua GEERTZ Armin W. ROEPSTORFF Andreas BULBULIA Joseph
Rok publikování	2013
Druh	Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj	Psychological Science
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU	Filozofická fakulta
Citace
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797612472910
Obor	Filosofie a náboženství
Klíčová slova	ritual; extreme rituals; prosociality; prosocial effect; group identity; ritual intensity
Popis	Extreme rituals entail excessive costs without apparent benefits, which raises an evolutionary cost problem (Irons, 2001). It is argued that such intense rituals enhance social cohesion and promote cooperative behaviors (Atran & Henrich, 2010; Durkheim, 1912). However, direct evidence for the relation between ritual intensity and prosociality is lacking. Using economic measures of generosity and contextually relevant indicators of group identity in a real-world setting, we evaluated pro- social effects from naturally occurring rituals that varied in severity.
Související projekty:	Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství