Papers by Justin S Aptaker
A Psychosocial Critique of Sabina Magliocco's "Witching Culture". Citations that have only page n... more A Psychosocial Critique of Sabina Magliocco's "Witching Culture". Citations that have only page numbers refer to that work.
This examination of Magliocco's sociological analysis brings an additional cross-disciplinary element by suggesting that personality traits are a salient factor in the adoption of and development of individual Pagan identities. The titular "Openness to Experience" refers to the Openness construct from Costa and McCrae's ubiquitous five factor model (FFM) of personality. A special relationship between analytical psychology and Pagan identities is also considered.
Further etic approaches may be justified in order to further substantiate the theory of a direct relationship between the Openness construct and Pagan identity formation.
This paper also discusses Magliocco's findings in light of a range of western philosophical schools of thought.
A sociological analysis of Rastafari based on Bob Marley's album "Survival".
A discussion of Durkheim's "The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life" and Weber's "Sociology of... more A discussion of Durkheim's "The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life" and Weber's "Sociology of Religion".
Citations that have only page numbers refer to those two works.
A Review of Margot Adler’s Book, Drawing Down the Moon (all in-text citations with only page numb... more A Review of Margot Adler’s Book, Drawing Down the Moon (all in-text citations with only page numbers refer to that book).
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Book review of Becoming Rasta by Charles Price (all in-text citations with only page numbers refe... more Book review of Becoming Rasta by Charles Price (all in-text citations with only page numbers refer to that book).
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Notable Undergrad Assignments by Justin S Aptaker
Undergraduate final assignment in Classical Greek (language).
Nothing particularly groundbreakin... more Undergraduate final assignment in Classical Greek (language).
Nothing particularly groundbreaking, but it does show that, at least at some point in my life, I knew a bit about classical Greek language. Actually, I've retained what seems to me an astonishing amount of it to this day, but I'd have to do some real catch-up to get back to the level of proficiency used for this assignment.
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Papers by Justin S Aptaker
This examination of Magliocco's sociological analysis brings an additional cross-disciplinary element by suggesting that personality traits are a salient factor in the adoption of and development of individual Pagan identities. The titular "Openness to Experience" refers to the Openness construct from Costa and McCrae's ubiquitous five factor model (FFM) of personality. A special relationship between analytical psychology and Pagan identities is also considered.
Further etic approaches may be justified in order to further substantiate the theory of a direct relationship between the Openness construct and Pagan identity formation.
This paper also discusses Magliocco's findings in light of a range of western philosophical schools of thought.
Citations that have only page numbers refer to those two works.
Full Works Cited is temporarily missing. Will be resolved soon.
Full Works Cited is temporarily missing. Will be resolved soon.
Notable Undergrad Assignments by Justin S Aptaker
Nothing particularly groundbreaking, but it does show that, at least at some point in my life, I knew a bit about classical Greek language. Actually, I've retained what seems to me an astonishing amount of it to this day, but I'd have to do some real catch-up to get back to the level of proficiency used for this assignment.
This examination of Magliocco's sociological analysis brings an additional cross-disciplinary element by suggesting that personality traits are a salient factor in the adoption of and development of individual Pagan identities. The titular "Openness to Experience" refers to the Openness construct from Costa and McCrae's ubiquitous five factor model (FFM) of personality. A special relationship between analytical psychology and Pagan identities is also considered.
Further etic approaches may be justified in order to further substantiate the theory of a direct relationship between the Openness construct and Pagan identity formation.
This paper also discusses Magliocco's findings in light of a range of western philosophical schools of thought.
Citations that have only page numbers refer to those two works.
Full Works Cited is temporarily missing. Will be resolved soon.
Full Works Cited is temporarily missing. Will be resolved soon.
Nothing particularly groundbreaking, but it does show that, at least at some point in my life, I knew a bit about classical Greek language. Actually, I've retained what seems to me an astonishing amount of it to this day, but I'd have to do some real catch-up to get back to the level of proficiency used for this assignment.