Rethinking Religion : Connecting Cognition and Culture
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521438063
ISBN-13
9780521438063
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 14th, 1993
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
345 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.30 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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'There is no doubt … that Rethinking Religion is a very important book that marks a turning point in the way anthropologists think about religious ideas and practices.' Pascal Boyer, American Anthropologist
This book is an ambitious attempt to develop a cognitive approach to religion. Focusing particularly on ritual action, it borrows analytical methods from linguistics and other cognitive sciences. The theory''s central feature is a set of universal principles of religious ritual structure. The authors, a philosopher of science and a scholar of comparative religion, provide a lucid critical review of established approaches to religion, and make a strong plea for the combination of interpretation and explanation. Often represented as competitive approaches, they are, rather, complementary, equally vital to the study of symbolic systems.
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