Elaboration Of Ceremony And Ritual

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Bowden, EdgarIndices of sociocultural development and cultural accumulation: an exponential cultural growth ...
Gouldner, Alvin W.Notes on technology and the moral order

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Bowden, Edgar"Index of Sociocultural Development scores do in fact correlate with elaborateness of certain aspects of the aesthetic and ritual elements of culture" (1114)
Gouldner, Alvin W.Findings: Factor A, "Apollonianism or Norm-Sending", has high positive loadings (oblimax rotation) for: elaboration of ceremony and ritual, organized priesthood, authority vested in judges, power vested in chief, government by restricted council, and attractiveness of future life. Highest negative loadings are for marriage by capture and domesticated animals other than herded.

Associated OCMs

  1. organized ceremonial
  2. logic