THE PRIMORDIAL ROOTS OF BEING

. Suffering, alongside the feeling of sanctity of life, pervades human experience, generating primal anxiety, which humans learn to shore up with social solidarity and with the practice of communication in religious rituals. The roots of social belonging spring from the primordial sentiments toward...

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Veröffentlicht in:Zygon 1987-03, Vol.22 (1), p.87-107
1. Verfasser: Stewart, Edward C. P.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:. Suffering, alongside the feeling of sanctity of life, pervades human experience, generating primal anxiety, which humans learn to shore up with social solidarity and with the practice of communication in religious rituals. The roots of social belonging spring from the primordial sentiments toward ethnicity, race, language, religion, customs and traditions, and region. Self–identity, mediated by mental formations derived from social relations, is composed of thinking and values. Daily experience reveals that cultural differences produce blind spots in thinking and barriers in values—‐governing areas of activity, social relations, the world, and identity of being—‐that impedes cross—‐cultural understanding.
ISSN:0591-2385
1467-9744
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9744.1987.tb00839.x