Automatic Religion: Nearhuman Agents of Brazil and France
What distinguishes humans from nonhumans? Two common answers—free will and religion—are in some ways fundamentally opposed. Whereas free will enjoys a central place in our ideas of spontaneity, authorship, and deliberation, religious practices seem to involve a suspension of or relief from the exerc...
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2021
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Social and cultural anthropology
B Religion and beliefs B Christianity B History of the Americas B European history |
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