Supernatural, social, and self-monitoring in the scaling-up of Chinese civilization
This commentary evaluates Ara Norenzayan's central thesis in Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict, focusing on how it bears on the rise of early Chinese civilization. Discussion centers on three themes: supernatural monitoring, social monitoring, and self-monitoring.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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| In: |
Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Pages: 323-327 |
| Further subjects: | B
China
B supernatural monitoring B social monitoring B self-monitoring B big gods |
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| Summary: | This commentary evaluates Ara Norenzayan's central thesis in Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict, focusing on how it bears on the rise of early Chinese civilization. Discussion centers on three themes: supernatural monitoring, social monitoring, and self-monitoring. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-5981 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, brain & behavior
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2014.928358 |