2021
Effects of sorcery beliefs on parochial prosociality in Mauritius
KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ, Eva, Martin LANG, Peter MAŇO, Radek KUNDT, Dimitrios XYGALATAS et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Effects of sorcery beliefs on parochial prosociality in Mauritius
Autoři
Vydání
Cultural Evolution Society Conference 2021, 2021
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Prezentace na konferencích
Obor
60304 Religious studies
Stát vydavatele
Japonsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Organizační jednotka
Filozofická fakulta
Klíčová slova anglicky
sorcery; magic; ancestor worship; parochial prosociality; economic games
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 15. 2. 2022 22:41, Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
Anotace
V originále
While previous studies testing evolutionary models of religious morality found that beliefs in moralizing and punitive gods decrease local favoritism and increase resource-sharing with distant co-religionists, the effects of beliefs related to local supernatural agents have not been extensively explored. Nam (the spirit of a deceased person) beliefs are quite ambiguous because the spirit may be linked to ancestor worship but also to the practice of sorcery (illegal in Mauritius). Importantly, previous studies suggested that sorcery beliefs and practices can have a damaging impact on social bonds and trust, but such research is often limited by social stigma associated with sorcery and relevant comparison with other local deities is often missing. We show that endorsing the sorcery mode of belief in nam together with performing rituals toward nam was associated with larger probability of breaking the game rules for selfish outcomes in the Random Allocation Game (compared to the ancestor worship mode).
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