Rethinking Religion: Connecting Cognition and Culture - Couverture rigide

Lawson, E. Thomas; McCauley, Robert N.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521373700 ISBN 13 : 9780521373708

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

'… a very important book that marks a turning point in the way anthropologists think about religious ideas and practices.' Pascal Boyer, American Anthropologist

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is an ambitious attempt to develop a cognitive approach to religion. Focusing particularly on ritual action, it borrows analytical methods from linguistics and other cognitive sciences. The authors, a philosopher of science and a scholar of comparative religion, provide a lucid critical review of established approaches to religion, and make a strong plea for the combination of interpretation and explanation. Often represented as competitive approaches, they are rather, complementary, equally vital to the study of symbolic systems.

Revue de presse

'Lawson and McCauley have done the psychology of religion a service by opening new theoretical and research vistas. Their work merits close study because Rethinking Religion offers a truly creative and different kind of contribution to the field.' Bernard Spika, Contemporary Psychology

'... a very important book that marks a turning point in the way anthropologists think about religious ideas and practices.' Pascal Boyer, American Anthropologist

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521373700
• ISBN 13: 9780521373708
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 202
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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