| Essays on Cultural Transmission Contributor(s): Bloch, Maurice (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845202872 ISBN-13: 9781845202873 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: This book brings together recent work by Maurice Bloch which explores thehighly controversial territory between the cognitive and social sciences. The essays are of broad, theoretical interest and aim to combine naturalistic approaches to cognition with a recognition and respect for the cultural and historical specificity of ethnography. All the essays illustrate Bloch's characteristic approach to the relation between anthropology and cognitive science, where cognitive science is used to criticize anthropological assumptions concerning such key topics as religion, kinship, belief, ritual, symbolism and art. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Anthropology - Physical |
| Dewey: 155.82 |
| LCCN: 2005010965 |
| Series: London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.54" W x 8.54" (0.54 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book brings together recent work by Maurice Bloch which explores the highly controversial territory between the cognitive and social sciences. The essays are of broad, theoretical interest and aim to combine naturalistic approaches to cognition with a recognition and respect for the cultural and historical specificity of ethnography. All the essays illustrate Bloch's characteristic approach to the relation between anthropology and cognitive science, where cognitive science is used to criticize anthropological assumptions concerning such key topics as religion, kinship, belief, ritual, symbolism and art. |