Reexamining Ritual Sacrifice in Late-Capitalism Wang, K. (The Pennsylvania State University) This work focuses on one understudied rhetorical dynamic of late-capitalist governmentality – its deployment of ritual and sacrificial discourses. Ritual takings of things of human value, including ritual human sacrifice, has been continuously practiced for as long as human civilisation itself has existed. Ample […]

Does Belief in Different Representations of the Christian God Predict Attitudes and Tolerance Toward Muslims? Kapelles, T. (Australian Catholic University), Anderson, J.  (Australian Catholic University), de la Piedad Garcia, X. (Australian Catholic University), Kaufmann, L. (Australian Catholic University) The current study sought to determine whether Christians’ religious belief in specific representations of God (i.e., as […]

Threats to Belonging Result in Increased Levels of Public Ingroup Favouritism in Men but Not Women Fahey, K. H. (University of Otago), Hunter, J. A. (University of Otago) This paper sought to examine the link between threatened belonging and ingroup favouritism. It was hypothesised that men and women who were ostracised by the ingroup would […]

Neither Now nor Here: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Nostalgia, Regret, and Gender Gooch, E. M. (Macquarie University), Fitness, J. (Macquarie University) There has recently been an upsurge of interest in the features and functions of autobiographical emotions such as nostalgia and regret. However, little research exists on how these emotions differ, or how the experience […]