Tapping into Our Tribal Heritage: The Lord of the Rings and Brain Evolution

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Standard

Tapping into Our Tribal Heritage : The Lord of the Rings and Brain Evolution. / Grodal, Torben Kragh.

Audiences: Defining and Researching Screen Entertainment Reception. red. / Ian Christie. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012. s. 128-142, 261-262.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Grodal, TK 2012, Tapping into Our Tribal Heritage: The Lord of the Rings and Brain Evolution. i I Christie (red.), Audiences: Defining and Researching Screen Entertainment Reception. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, s. 128-142, 261-262.

APA

Grodal, T. K. (2012). Tapping into Our Tribal Heritage: The Lord of the Rings and Brain Evolution. I I. Christie (red.), Audiences: Defining and Researching Screen Entertainment Reception (s. 128-142, 261-262). Amsterdam University Press.

Vancouver

Grodal TK. Tapping into Our Tribal Heritage: The Lord of the Rings and Brain Evolution. I Christie I, red., Audiences: Defining and Researching Screen Entertainment Reception. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 2012. s. 128-142, 261-262

Author

Grodal, Torben Kragh. / Tapping into Our Tribal Heritage : The Lord of the Rings and Brain Evolution. Audiences: Defining and Researching Screen Entertainment Reception. red. / Ian Christie. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012. s. 128-142, 261-262

Bibtex

@inbook{ac8dbb211f45489b953dc3b231937ae5,
title = "Tapping into Our Tribal Heritage: The Lord of the Rings and Brain Evolution",
abstract = "The article analyzes The Lord of the Rings by using cognitive and neurological theory in combination with evolutionary theory. It first provide a short introduction to bio-culturalist theories of how biology and culture interact. It then describes the basic human emotional systems and how they are activated in The Lord of the Rings. It further describe how fundamental psychological dispositions are linked to tribalism, to group living, including dispositions for in-group altruism and warrior bonding, and how group living enhanced dispositions to submit to social hierarchies, that in The Lord of the Rings is linked to a religious-metaphysical hierarchy. The article explains the psychological link between submission and sublime experiences as induced by the books and films. It discusses the different moral systems used in the film on the background of moral psychology, The article discusses how The Lord of the Ring uses self-sacrifice as a costly signal of moral superiority and how the film use ideas of social exchange as model for dealing with metaphysical phenomena. Finally it discusses the fascination exerted by supernaturalism on viewers.",
keywords = "Faculty of Humanities, 'The Lord of the Rings' cognitive film theory evolutionary theory film emotions tribalism the sublime in films ",
author = "Grodal, {Torben Kragh}",
year = "2012",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789089643629",
pages = "128--142, 261--262",
editor = "Christie, {Ian }",
booktitle = "Audiences",
publisher = "Amsterdam University Press",
address = "Netherlands",

}

RIS

TY - CHAP

T1 - Tapping into Our Tribal Heritage

T2 - The Lord of the Rings and Brain Evolution

AU - Grodal, Torben Kragh

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - The article analyzes The Lord of the Rings by using cognitive and neurological theory in combination with evolutionary theory. It first provide a short introduction to bio-culturalist theories of how biology and culture interact. It then describes the basic human emotional systems and how they are activated in The Lord of the Rings. It further describe how fundamental psychological dispositions are linked to tribalism, to group living, including dispositions for in-group altruism and warrior bonding, and how group living enhanced dispositions to submit to social hierarchies, that in The Lord of the Rings is linked to a religious-metaphysical hierarchy. The article explains the psychological link between submission and sublime experiences as induced by the books and films. It discusses the different moral systems used in the film on the background of moral psychology, The article discusses how The Lord of the Ring uses self-sacrifice as a costly signal of moral superiority and how the film use ideas of social exchange as model for dealing with metaphysical phenomena. Finally it discusses the fascination exerted by supernaturalism on viewers.

AB - The article analyzes The Lord of the Rings by using cognitive and neurological theory in combination with evolutionary theory. It first provide a short introduction to bio-culturalist theories of how biology and culture interact. It then describes the basic human emotional systems and how they are activated in The Lord of the Rings. It further describe how fundamental psychological dispositions are linked to tribalism, to group living, including dispositions for in-group altruism and warrior bonding, and how group living enhanced dispositions to submit to social hierarchies, that in The Lord of the Rings is linked to a religious-metaphysical hierarchy. The article explains the psychological link between submission and sublime experiences as induced by the books and films. It discusses the different moral systems used in the film on the background of moral psychology, The article discusses how The Lord of the Ring uses self-sacrifice as a costly signal of moral superiority and how the film use ideas of social exchange as model for dealing with metaphysical phenomena. Finally it discusses the fascination exerted by supernaturalism on viewers.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - 'The Lord of the Rings' cognitive film theory evolutionary theory film emotions tribalism the sublime in films

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9789089643629

SP - 128-142, 261-262

BT - Audiences

A2 - Christie, Ian

PB - Amsterdam University Press

CY - Amsterdam

ER -

ID: 43919950