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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again? Archilochus

Friday, October 13, 2023

On Ritual

All ordered behaviour is "goal ->purpose -> meaning" oriented and was ritualized to avoid or reduce the cost of not having the ritual. They (religious rituals) bind us together (form an identity) to serve higher (larger group) purposes vs. peculiarized (personal) rituals.

A domination trade between ritual and power. A balance of order and power.  Is the same true of all symbolic activity and symbolization?
According to Adorno, there are three ways of thinking: identity thinking, non-identity thinking, and rational identity thinking. The first, identity thinking, occurs when we use a concept paradigmatically to pick out those particulars it denotes.

7 comments:

Mega, Maga Man said...

The failed policies of Shuddering, Blabbering, Story-telling , Joey Biden and his miserable administration has led to skyrocketing Crime, Homelessness, Inflation, and Drug use and In turn this has causes businesses to shut down and Jobs to be terminated. Our Cities are being Ruined, Democrats Cheating Scandals, Cheating Elections, and Open Borders
We need to stop this outrageous behavior by Democrats before our Elections become meaningless.
The people who want to control America and dictate to the rest of us will break any law, lie about any topic, and manipulate the system any way they can, and that includes a lot of the News Media.
Even former president Donald Trump weighed in on the ongoing Hamas attack on Israel, calling them a “Disgrace” and adding that Israel “has every right to defend themselves with overwhelming force”.
And I personally applaud Donald Trump for condemning this Senseless Attack by these Savages.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Sounds a bit like "identity thinking" to me... so how do we get to "Rational identity thinking"?

Les Carpenter said...

Dump the corrupt and divisive MAGA bullshit.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Because your progressive/ Buddhist identity thinking is rational? Or just popular/easy? Buddhist nations must be virtual paradises.

Les Carpenter said...

Your words not mine. But yes, i'll take Buddhist philosophy and compassion over your whatever it is evey single day.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Perhaps you should move to the Land on Non-Suffering, Tibet. Nobody there ever needs to change. They simply need to "accept" their circumstances vis "China" and NOT take it in. That way they'll never experience "suffering" or anything like it that fosters "change".

Anonymous said...

:-)