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@proceedings{1138982,
author = {Kundtová Klocová, Eva},
booktitle = {International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion (IACSR) Conference, July 31, Berlin},
keywords = {ritual; prostration; dominance; submission; subordinance; testosterone; cortisol; height},
language = {eng},
title = {Feeling the kneeling : power of body},
year = {2013}
}
TY - CONF
ID - 1138982
AU - Kundtová Klocová, Eva
PY - 2013
TI - Feeling the kneeling : power of body
KW - ritual
KW - prostration
KW - dominance
KW - submission
KW - subordinance
KW - testosterone
KW - cortisol
KW - height
N2 - Body posture and its changes in particular influence subjective experience of emotion. Individuals induced to assume postures characteristic to certain emotions reported feelings that correspond to those postures; those who slumped tended to feel sad, and those who sat more forward with clenched fists tended to feel anger. Clues about the relation between body position and emotions can be observed also in metaphorical language describing emotional states, e.g. "feeling down" or "feeling great". My experimental research is based on those notions and the usage of certain specific postures during religious rituals, in case of my experimental design – kneeling. This usage, known in different religious contexts may imply specific functions of such postures in ritual behavior and perception of ritual, possibly connected to inducement of specific feelings or emotional states. On symbolic (and usually also doctrinal) level, kneeling position is often linked with subordination, humility and submission. Considering those assumptions, my hypothesis asserts that kneeling position induces higher feeling of subordination.
ER -
KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Eva. Feeling the kneeling : power of body. In \textit{International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion (IACSR) Conference, July 31, Berlin}. 2013.
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