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Criminal rituals [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Crime, 2015
Why do criminals use rituals? Past work argues that criminal rituals provide a sense of continuity or certainty in an inherently uncertain environment. We argue instead that rituals play an important organisational role.
David Skarbek, Peng Wang
exaly   +5 more sources

Elections as Rituals

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021
A new conceptual way of understanding the purpose and effect of regulating electoral democracy, through the lens of everyday 'ritual'. Drawing on a recent book by the presenter: Ritual and Rhythms in Electoral Systems (2015, Routledge/Ashgate)
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The Ritualization of Rehabilitation

Medical Anthropology, 2013
There is widespread and increasing political interest in devising plans to support people who have or have had cancer to recover and recommence 'normal' lives. Educating cancer patients for this purpose is a central element in cancer rehabilitation in both Europe and the United States.
Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Tine   +1 more
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Ritualizing Ritual's Rituals

Art Journal, 1992
With a gesture of an eagle feather, Elijah Harper, an Ojibway-Cree and a New Democrat member of the Manitoba legislature, indicated his “No” to the constitutional changes proposed in the Meech Lake Accord, on the grounds that First Nations had been excluded.1 During the much-publicized confrontation at Oka between Mohawk warriors and the Securite de ...
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Rituals and Ritual Theory

2020
Abstract It is customary to view rituals as a dominant feature in the practice of religions. Thus, scholars generally discuss rituals in terms of a theological setting and focus on meaning, reason, and purpose. However, this chapter proposes a wider context from which to view ritual that takes into account the behavioral factors that are
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Ritual und rituelles Wissen (Rituals and Ritual Knowledge)

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
German Abstract Rituale sind fur die Konstitution, Aufrechterhaltung und Veranderung von Gemeinschaften wichtig. Sie verbinden Vergangenes mit Gegenwartigem und Zukunftigem. In Gemeinschaften und Gesellschaften schaffen sie Strukturen. Sie inkorporieren die in gesellschaftliche Institutionen enthaltene Werte und Handlungsweisen in die Menschen, die in ...
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Ritualization and Ritual Invention

2018
In the lexicon of ritual theory, the notion of ritualization bears a heavy load. The concept aims to account for both the origins and functions of ritual (at both the biological and cultural levels), as well as inform reflection on the meaning and merit of ritual and even ritual theory.
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