Ritualization
Sign in to saveRitualization refers to the process by which a sequence of non-communicating actions or an event is invested with cultural, social or religious significance. This definition emphasizes the transformation of everyday actions into rituals that carry deeper meaning within a cultural or religious context. Rituals are symbolic, repetitive, and often prescribed activities that hold religious or cultural significance for a certain group of people. They serve various purposes: promoting social solidarity by expressing shared values, facilitating the transmission of cultural knowledge and regulating em
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- History of ritualization
- In non-human animals
- In humans
- Functions of ritualization
- Social Solidarity
- Cultural Transmission
- Emotional Expression and Regulation
- Connecting the function to previous literature
- Émile Durkheim's social solidarity theory
- Structural ritualization theory
- Recent studies
- Future insights
- References
Ritualization refers to the process by which a sequence of non-communicating actions or an event is invested with cultural, social or religious significance. This definition emphasizes the transformation of everyday actions into rituals that carry deeper meaning within a cultural or religious context. Rituals are symbolic, repetitive, and often prescribed activities that hold religious or cultural significance for a certain group of people. They serve various purposes: promoting social solidarity by expressing shared values, facilitating the transmission of cultural knowledge and regulating emotions.
==History of ritualization== The concept of ritualization was first described by Edmund Selous in 1901 and later named by Julian Huxley in 1914 as ritualization (Dissanayake 2006; Lorenz 1966).