How We Think They Think: Anthropological Approaches To Cognition, Memory, And Literacy - Couverture souple

Bloch, Maurice E F

 
9780813333731: How We Think They Think: Anthropological Approaches To Cognition, Memory, And Literacy
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ISBN 10 : 0813333733 ISBN 13 : 9780813333731
Editeur : Westview Press, 1997

Synopsis

These essays by one of anthropology's most original theorists consider such fundamental questions as: Is cognition language-based? How reliable a guide to memory are people's narratives about themselves? What connects the “social recalling” studied by anthropologists to the “autobiographical memory” studied by psychologists? Now gathered in accessible form for the first time and drawing frequently upon the author's fieldwork among the Zafimaniry of Madagascar for ethnographic examples, the twelve closely linked essays of How We Think They Think pose provocative challenges not only to conventional cognitive models but to the basic assumptions that underlie much of ethnography. This book will be read with interest by those who study culture and cognition, ethnographic theory and practice, and the peoples and cultures of Africa.

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À propos de l?auteur

Maurice E.F. Bloch is professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics.

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Éditeur
Westview Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813333733
ISBN 13 
9780813333731
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780813333748: How We Think They Think: Anthropological Approaches To Cognition, Memory, And Literacy

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0813333741 ISBN 13 :  9780813333748
Editeur : Westview Press, 1998
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