Cognitive Aspects of Religious Symbolism
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
052143288X
ISBN-13
9780521432887
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 4th, 1993
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
495 grams
Product Classification:
Religion: generalSociety & social sciencesCognition & cognitive psychology
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In closely focused essays, a group of anthropologists debate the particular nature of religious concepts and categories.
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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