Culture in Mind

Owing to the text's multidisciplinary eloquence and to the central role psychological factors are given, Culture in Mind is of tremendous relevance to psychologists in general, but most particularly to culturally minded psychologists. Shore not only touches upon aspects related to the problematic relation psychologists have with utilizing the term 'culture' in their work, he also provides theoretical solutions and a source of inspiration for those courageous enough to assume such a personally and intellectially enriching venture.

• PART I: The Problem of Culture in Mind 1: The Psychic Unity Muddle 2: Rethinking Culture as Models PART II: The Cognitive Landscape of Modernity 3: Mind Games: Cognitive Baseball 4: Playing With Rules: Sport at the Borderlands of Time and Space 5: Interior Furnishings: Scenes from an American Foundational Schema 6: Technologic Trends: The Neuromatic Frame of Mind PART III: Rethinking "Primitive Classification" 7: Totem as Practically Reason: Rationality Reconsidered 8: Kwakiutl Animal Symbolism: Food for Thought PART IV: Dreamtime Learning 9: Dreamtime Learning, Inside-Out: The Narrative of the Wawilak Sisters 10: Dreamtime Learning, Outside-In: Murngin Age-Grading Rituals PART V: The Problem of Multiple Models 11: Tropic Landscapes: Alternative Spatial Models in Samoan Culture 12: When Models Collide: Cultural Origins of Ambivalence PART VI: Culture in Mind 13: Culture and the Problem of Meaning 14: Analogical Transfer and the Work of Culture