PSY-434 - Maps of Meaning :
The Architecture of Belief
“…and The Thing about Familiar Territory for us is,
most of the Familiar Territory that you inhabit
most of the time — is Other People.
Lecture: 2017 Maps of Meaning 01: Context and Background
“In this lecture, I discuss The Context within which
The Theory I am delineating through
this course emerged : that of The Cold War.
What is Belief?
Why is it so important to people?
Why will they fight to protect it?
I propose that Belief unites a culture's
Expectations and Desires
with The Actions of it's People,
and that the match between those two
allows for cooperative action
and maintains emotional stability.
I suggest, further, that Culture
has a deep narrative structure,
presenting The World as
A Forum for Action, with characters
representing The Individual,
The Known, and The Unknown --
-- or The Individual, Culture and Nature --
-- or The Individual, Order and Chaos.”
