CHALUPA, Aleš and Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ. Bodily Positions in Mithraic Initiations: Authority, Hierarchy, and Human Physiology in Religious Rituals. In the 12th EASR Conference, Liverpool, 3rd-6th September 2013. 2013.
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Original name Bodily Positions in Mithraic Initiations: Authority, Hierarchy, and Human Physiology in Religious Rituals
Name in Czech Tělesné pozice během mithraistické iniciace: Autorita, hierarchie a lidská fyziologie v náboženských rituálech
Authors CHALUPA, Aleš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Eva KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition the 12th EASR Conference, Liverpool, 3rd-6th September 2013, 2013.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/13:00069921
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech) vtělená kognice; rozšířená kognice; mithraismus; rituál; mithareum z Capua vetere
Keywords in English embodied cognition; extended cognition; the Roman Cult of Mithras; Capua Vetere Mithareum
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
This paper, situated in the newly established discipline of cognitive historiography, tries to demonstrate the promise of various new trends in the cognitive science of religion which abandon the purely mentalistic attitude to human cognition and supplement it with theories seeing human cognition as embodied and extended to environment. It is theoretically grounded in recent research into effects of bodily positions on human physiological processes and perception of ourselves and others with respect to expressions of social dominance/submission. This new knowledge gathered predominantly in experimental research is tested on the historical material, specifically on the well-known frescoes of Mithraic initiations preserved on the side benches of the Capua Vetere mithraeum in Campania. It is argued that knowledge generated by the research on embodied cognition can provided some important insights and thus contribute to better understanding of some ritual practices of the Roman cult of Mithras.
Abstract (in Czech)
Přednáška usiluje o aplikaci některých nových teorií z oblasti studia tzv. vtělené a rozšířené kognice do oblasti studia mithraistického rituálu, konkrétně pak během interpretace fresek z mithraea v italském městečku Capua Vetere.
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EE2.3.20.0048, research and development projectName: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství
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