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On the substantial contribution of “contempt” as a folk affect concept to the history of the European popular institution of charivari

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2017

Bogdan Neagota ,
Ileana Benga  and
Oana Benga
Bogdan Neagota
Affiliation:
Department of Classical Philology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca 400038, Romania. bogdan.neagota@gmail.com
Ileana Benga
Affiliation:
Department for Folklore Studies, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Cluj-Napoca 400015, Romania. ileanabenga@gmail.com
Oana Benga
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca 400015, Romania. oanabenga@gmail.com www.orma.ro www.psychology.psiedu.ubbcluj.ro
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Abstract

The integration of the folk affect concept of “contempt” into the analysis of the complex institution known generally as charivari is mutually beneficial for both ethno-anthropology (which may thus access inner causes for disputed social and collective behaviors) and evolutionary psychology (which may thus study the length of tradition together with the width of the institution spread, serving the same social functions).

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e244
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