My way or the highway

KUNDT, Radek. My way or the highway. In Past, present, and future in the scientific study of religion, Brno, 1-3 March 2012. 2012.

Basic information

• Original name: My way or the highway
• Authors: KUNDT, Radek (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Past, present, and future in the scientific study of religion, Brno, 1-3 March 2012, 2012.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/12:00060747
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: group cohesion; joint action; goal demotion; ritualized behaviour
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

It seems reasonable that sharing a functional goal enhances cooperation within the group that tries to achieve it. But does sharing an arbitrary way of doing things (no matter how goal demoted these sub-actions are) increase in-group prosociality? And how does it influence attitudes towards out-groups? I am interested in testing what aspects of collective ritualised actions may lead to increased prosociality/perceived entitativity, if any. In particular I focus on prolonged effects of collectively shared ritualised ways of achieving a goal (however arbitrary those actions are in respect to the desired goal) on in-group prosociality and out-group hostility.

Links

• EE2.3.20.0048, research and development project: Name: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství