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A ritual by any other name

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2018

Rohan Kapitány  and
Christopher Kavanagh
Rohan Kapitány
Affiliation:
School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PE, United Kingdom. rohankapitany@gmail.com christopher.kavanagh@anthro.ox.ac.uk www.rohankapitany.com
Christopher Kavanagh
Affiliation:
School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PE, United Kingdom. rohankapitany@gmail.com christopher.kavanagh@anthro.ox.ac.uk www.rohankapitany.com Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0808 Japan.
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Abstract

We question the privileged role of trance within the framework presented. The features that Singh suggests make it unique are not well demarcated from those of rituals more generally, and we challenge the depth of explanation presented for the mechanisms of trance. We outline the form of a solution, which may facilitate increased operational utility for the presented framework.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e79
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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