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meaninglessness of ritual: a standalone construct

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Ritual studies

Staal's thesis that ritual is rule-governed activity done for its own sake and has no intrinsic meaning, with meanings added afterwards.

In ritual studies, meaninglessness of ritual refers to Staal's thesis that ritual is rule-governed activity done for its own sake and has no intrinsic meaning, with meanings added afterwards. This meaning comes from Staal (1979) in Numen.[1]

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  1. Staal, F. (1979). The Meaninglessness of Ritual. Numen, 26(1), 2-22. https://doi.org/10.1163/156852779x00244

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