Meaning of sociocosmic | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to the order of the universe and one's consequent obligations to and role in society.

Examples

“Though conceptualized by introspection and terminology, this identity is not differentiated from a sociocosmic order that defines self as status and status as cosmology; through speech, posture, and manners, the entire psycho-sociocosmic complex is maintained.”

“The notion of the smaller or sociocosmic universe is integrally tied to the Puranic notion of dharma.”

“The sociocosmic order (dharma) can be maintained only through sacrifice, which nourishes the gods of heaven, who in turn cause rain to fall on the earth at the right time; it is thus as a result of sacrifice that plants grow and that animals -- notably the cow -- and men can be nourished, and that they can prosper, and that they can offer sacrifices.”

“In the second case, the religious symbol ties or binds the self not to the social order but to self-transcendence. In such cases the self is understood not as a mirror of the sociocosmic order but as reality radically open to the infinite.”

“...one that is derived from similar Southeast Asian societies but that also contains within itself the explanation of why Maya sociocosmic classification differed in essential respects from its Asian counterpart.”

“It has remained a cardinal principle that only Brahmans have the authority to perform the most important rituals that preserve and renew the sociocosmic order.”

“To fear the witch "within" refers to the patient's feelings of isolation and exclusion in relation to the sociocosmic environment.”

“Furthermore, this vision invites us to thematize the sociocosmic biography of the exploited life, creatively pushing beyond the dialectical sociobiography of minjung and the innocent anthropocosmic vision.”

“First, I provide a synthetic formulation of the contrast between the two types of sociocosmic regimes that I have been developing at various points of the book.”

“Thus the Gita champions the theory of varnasramadbarma as upholding the sociocosmic order.”

“The apparent contradiction involved in accommodating a collective sociocosmic process unrelated to human conduct to the karma of individual action is never fully resolved.”

“The sociocosmic field binds the bodies of living humans to myriad collectivities of doubles and other people, dead ancestors and yovevo spirits.”

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