{"product_id":"cognitive-aspects-of-religious-symbolism-paperback-9780521438704","title":"Cognitive Aspects of Religious Symbolism (Paperback) 9780521438704","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCognitive Aspects of Religious Symbolism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn closely focused essays, a group of anthropologists debate the particular nature of religious concepts and categories.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePascal Boyer (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521438704, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 October 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eI. Cognitive processes and cultural representations: 1. Cognitive aspects of religious symbolism Pascal Boyer\u003cbr\u003e 2. Whither 'ethnoscience'? Scott Atran\u003cbr\u003e II. The structure of religious categories: 3. Computational complexity in the cognitive modelling of cosmological ideas J. D. Keller and F. K. Lehman (U Chit Hlaing)\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Earth' and 'path' as complex categories: semantics and symbolism in Kwaio culture Roger Keesing\u003cbr\u003e 5. Domain-specificity, living kinds and symbolism Maurice Bloch\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pseudo-natural kinds Pascal Boyer\u003cbr\u003e III. Acquisition and belief fixation: 7. Sign into symbol, symbol as sign: cognitive aspects of a social process Christian Toren\u003cbr\u003e 8. Talking about souls: the pragmatic construction of meaning in Cuna ritual language Carlo Severi\u003cbr\u003e IV. The structure of ritual action: 9. Cognitive categories, cultural forms and ritual structures E. Thomas Lawson\u003cbr\u003e 10. The interactive basis of ritual effectiveness in a male initiation rite Michael Houseman.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Cognition \u0026amp; cognitive psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Cognition \u0026amp; cognitive psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Cognition%20\u0026amp;%20cognitive%20psychology%20%5BJMR%5D%22\"\u003eJMR\u003c\/a\u003e], Society \u0026amp; social sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; social sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20social%20sciences%20%5BJ%5D%22\"\u003eJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Religion: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion:%20general%20%5BHRA%5D%22\"\u003eHRA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004332888344,"sku":"9780521438704","price":34.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521438704i_9b34e1d0-30b9-446c-87a0-99a38ae514cd.jpg?v=1691381886","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cognitive-aspects-of-religious-symbolism-paperback-9780521438704","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}