Feeling the kneeling : power of body
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Feeling the kneeling : power of body
Original language description
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 posturesin 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 sub
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
AA - Philosophy and religion
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0048" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0048: Laboratory for Experimental Research of Religion</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů