The Dead May Kill You: Do Ancestor Spirit Beliefs Promote Cooperation in Traditional Small-Scale Societies?
There is considerable evidence that beliefs in supernatural punishment decrease self-interested behavior and increase cooperation amongst group members. To date, research has largely focused on beliefs concerning omniscient moralistic gods in large-scale societies. While there is an abundance of eth...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 22, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 294-323 |
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cultural evolution of religion
B Cooperation B corpses B mortuary practices B Human Relations Area Files B supernatural punishment |
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