Fest, ritual og myte fra et socialontologisk og fra et neurosociologisk perspektiv

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years, new research has emerged that support Emile Durkheim's claim about the existence of collective consciousness and effervescence from different angles. This applies firstly to the research field of social ontology, secondly to a series of biological and endocrinological studies of the human hormone system and thirdly to the emergence of the field of neurosociology. In this contribution, I would like to propose that collective intentionality as well as the hormone system should be included as a new part of the foundation under sociology of religion. That the human hormone system is important is further emphasized by the fact that the human oxytocin-system seems to be able to unite classical sociology's two opposing perspectives on social formation, namely the fusion and fission perspective. The first part of this contribution will be about celebration and ritual as collective actions in human groups and its absence in chimpanzee groups, the second part about the hormone oxytocin as a link between collective actions and the body in humans and chimpanzees, and the third part about the hormone oxytocin's potential to unite the two fundamental perspectives on human social formation, namely the fusion and fission perspective. DANSK RESUMÉ: Inden for de senere år er der fremkommet forskningslitteratur, der fra forskellige vinkler kan underbygge Emile Durkheims påstand om eksistensen af kollektiv bevidsthed og kollektiv begejstring (effervescens). Det gælder for det første forskningsfeltet social ontologi, for det andet en længere række biologiske og endokrinologiske studier af menneskets hormonsystem og for det tredje forskningsfeltet neurosociologi. I dette bidrag vil jeg foreslå, at menneskets kollektive intentionalitet og hormonsystem fremover i højere grad bør inddrages som en del af (religions)sociologiens fundament. At menneskets hormonsystem er vigtigt skærpes af, at særligt oxytocinsystemet ser ud til at kunne forene sociologiens to modsatrettede perspektiver på samfundsdannelse, nemlig fusions- og fissionsperspektivet. Første del af dette bidrag vil handle om fest, ritual og myte som kollektive handlinger i menneskegrupper og fraværet heraf hos chimpanser, anden del om hormonet oxytocin som forbindelsesled mellem kollektive handlinger og krop hos mennesker og chimpanser og tredje del om hormonet oxytocins potentiale til at forene de to grundlæggende perspektiver på menneskets samfundsdannelse, nemlig fusions- og fissionsperspektivet.

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SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
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2024-10-01
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Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
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Fest, ritual og myte fra et socialontologisk og fra et neurosociologisk perspektiv

SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
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Fest, ritual og myte fra et socialontologisk og fra et neurosociologisk perspektiv

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years, new research has emerged that support Emile Durkheim's claim about the existence of collective consciousness and effervescence from different angles. This applies firstly to the research field of social ontology, secondly to a series of biological and endocrinological studies of the human hormone system and thirdly to the emergence of the field of neurosociology. In this contribution, I would like to propose that collective intentionality as well as the hormone system should be included as a new part of the foundation under sociology of religion. That the human hormone system is important is further emphasized by the fact that the human oxytocin-system seems to be able to unite classical sociology's two opposing perspectives on social formation, namely the fusion and fission perspective. The first part of this contribution will be about celebration and ritual as collective actions in human groups and its absence in chimpanzee groups, the second part about the hormone oxytocin as a link between collective actions and the body in humans and chimpanzees, and the third part about the hormone oxytocin's potential to unite the two fundamental perspectives on human social formation, namely the fusion and fission perspective. DANSK RESUMÉ: Inden for de senere år er der fremkommet forskningslitteratur, der fra forskellige vinkler kan underbygge Emile Durkheims påstand om eksistensen af kollektiv bevidsthed og kollektiv begejstring (effervescens). Det gælder for det første forskningsfeltet social ontologi, for det andet en længere række biologiske og endokrinologiske studier af menneskets hormonsystem og for det tredje forskningsfeltet neurosociologi. I dette bidrag vil jeg foreslå, at menneskets kollektive intentionalitet og hormonsystem fremover i højere grad bør inddrages som en del af (religions)sociologiens fundament. At menneskets hormonsystem er vigtigt skærpes af, at særligt oxytocinsystemet ser ud til at kunne forene sociologiens to modsatrettede perspektiver på samfundsdannelse, nemlig fusions- og fissionsperspektivet. Første del af dette bidrag vil handle om fest, ritual og myte som kollektive handlinger i menneskegrupper og fraværet heraf hos chimpanser, anden del om hormonet oxytocin som forbindelsesled mellem kollektive handlinger og krop hos mennesker og chimpanser og tredje del om hormonet oxytocins potentiale til at forene de to grundlæggende perspektiver på menneskets samfundsdannelse, nemlig fusions- og fissionsperspektivet.

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