Cognitive Aspects of Religious Symbolism - Couverture rigide

 
9780521432887: Cognitive Aspects of Religious Symbolism
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ISBN 10 : 052143288X ISBN 13 : 9780521432887
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

How are religious ideas presented, acquired and transmitted? Confronted with religious practices, anthropologists have typically been content with sociological generalizations, informed by vague, intuitive models of cognitive processes. Yet the modern cognitive theories promise a fresh understanding of how religious ideas are learnt; and if the same cognitive processes can be shown to underlie all religious ideologies, then the comparative study of religions will be placed on a wholly new footing. The present book is a contribution to this ambitious programme. In closely focused essays, a group of anthropologists debate the particular nature of religious concepts and categories, and begin to specify the cognitive constraints on cultural acquisition and transmission.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

How are religious ideas presented, acquired and transmitted? Confronted with religious practices, anthropologists have typically been content with sociological generalizations, informed by vague, intuitive models of cognitive processes. Yet the modern cognitive theories promise a fresh understanding of how religious ideas are learnt; and if the same cognitive processes can be shown to underlie all religious ideologies, then the comparative study of religions will be placed on a wholly new footing. The present book is a contribution to this ambitious programme. In closely focused essays, a group of anthropologists debate the particular nature of religious concepts and categories, and begin to specify the cognitive constraints on cultural acquisition and transmission.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052143288X
ISBN 13 
9780521432887
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Éditeur
Boyer Pascal
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Personne responsable
Avery
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9780521438704: Cognitive Aspects of Religious Symbolism

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ISBN 10 :  0521438705 ISBN 13 :  9780521438704
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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