Cognitive aspects of religious symbolism
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...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publié: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1993.
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| Dans: | Année: 1993 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Religious Thought
B Symbolism B Rituel B Cognition |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Erscheint auch als: 9780521432887 |
| Résumé: | 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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| Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 246 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 0511896867 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511896866 |
