| Demystifying Mentalities Contributor(s): Lloyd, Geoffrey Ernest Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521366801 ISBN-13: 9780521366809 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1990 Annotation: If faraway peoples have different ideas from our own, is this because they have different mentalities? Did our remote ancestors lack logic? The notion of distinct mentalities has been used extensively by historians to describe and explain cultural diversity. Professor Lloyd rejects this psychologising talk of mentalities and proposes an alternative approach, which takes as its starting point the social contexts of communication. Discussing apparently irrational beliefs and behaviour (such as magic), he shows how different forms of thought coexist in a single culture but within conventionally defined contexts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 303.372 |
| LCCN: 89009788 |
| Series: Themes in the Social Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.06" W x 9.22" (0.64 lbs) 184 pages |