Veiling and ritual bodily acts train the self into piety

Evidence

In the light of this reflexivity, personal trust becomes to a significant extent trust in tact and discipline in the way one expresses oneself. In this form, it becomes transparent without its function being lost. Thus, one can see through one’s partner’s presentation, and, seeing it as a presentation, one is able to weigh and react in a balanced way and assess how far it is likely to go. One can estimate what strains personal trust can take without breaking down, in which role-context it belongs and in which it does not, and where its weak points lie, which should not be exposed – except if one does so intentionally and accepts responsibility for the consequences. Conversely, seeing through the tact of one’s partner, particularly where it is socially institutionalized and expected, acts as a guarantee for the security of one’s own self-presentation and thus makes it easier to learn a self-trust which is independent of emotion. Thus the uncovering of tact as a foundation of trust makes possible a reasonably frictionless control of social contact, a way around embarrassment and personal sensitivities, an avoidance of breakdowns or emotional reactions which get out of control, and, moreover, a greater reliability and durability of interaction as a building block for larger, complex, social systems. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 255 (#expands, via linked claim)

Always observe your state of mind behind what you do or say. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 361 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Everyday gestures become rituals through the charge they carry — Karl Ove Knausgaard, A Death in the Family, 1414; Sufi ideals of gentle companionship transferred to households where parents act as shaykhs — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 3608; Scripted labor produces a distinct theory of selfhood for workers. — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 3268 (+15 more)

Related

• Winning trust requires participating socially and absorbing others’ expectations into one’s self-presentation (similarity 0.80)
• Reflexive personal trust becomes trust in tact and disciplined self-presentation (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Reflexive personal trust becomes trust in tact and disciplined self-presentation #expands (0.78) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 255
• External surveillance becomes internalized self-discipline through dress choices #expands (0.75)
• Ideologies act on people structurally through a process that escapes them #expands (0.60)
• Self-observation of mental state is a core performance discipline #corroborates (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 361
• Identity functions as a costume adaptable to context. #complicates (0.55)
• Extreme slow walking reveals subtle bodily energies normally masked #exemplifies (0.40) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 235