Religion, Cognition and Culture – serie
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10 produkter
Origins of Religion, Cognition and Culture
Inbunden, 2013
2504 kr
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Attempts to understand the origins of humanity have raised fundamental questions about the complex relationship between cognition and culture. Central to the debates on origins is the role of religion, religious ritual and religious experience. What came first: individual religious (ecstatic) …
Burning Saints
Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria
Häftad, 2017
762 kr
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The Anastenaria are Orthodox Christians in Northern Greece who observe a unique annual ritual cycle focused on two festivals, dedicated to Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. The festivals involve processions, music, dancing, animal sacrifices, and culminate in an electrifying fire-walking ritual. …
Religion as Magical Ideology
How the Supernatural Reflects Rationality
Inbunden, 2013
2504 kr
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'Religion as Magical Ideology' examines the relationship between rationality and supernatural beliefs arguing that such beliefs are products of evolution, cognition and culture. The book does not offer a false rapprochement between reason and religion; instead, it explores their interrelationship …
Mental Culture
Classical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion
Av Dimitris Xygalatas, William McCorkle
Inbunden, 2013
2504 kr
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Why is the set of human beliefs and behaviours that we call "religion" such a widespread feature of all known human societies, past and present, and why are there so many forms of religiosity found throughout history and culture? "Mental Culture" brings together an international range of scholars - …
Mental Culture
Classical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion
Av Dimitris Xygalatas, William McCorkle
Häftad, 2013
704 kr
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Why is the set of human beliefs and behaviours that we call "religion" such a widespread feature of all known human societies, past and present, and why are there so many forms of religiosity found throughout history and culture? "Mental Culture" brings together an international range of scholars - …
Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture
Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative
Av Armin W. Geertz, Jeppe Sinding Jensen
Häftad, 2011
646 kr
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'Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture' brings together some of the world's leading scholars in the fields of cognitive science and comparative religion. The essays range across diverse fields: the neurological processes and possible genetic foundations of how language emerged; the possible …
Past Minds
Studies in Cognitive Historiography
Av Luther H Martin, Jesper Sørensen
Häftad, 2011
821 kr
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How do historians understand the minds, motivations, intentions of historical agents? What might evolutionary and cognitive theorizing contribute to this work? What is the relation between natural and cultural history? Historians have been intrigued by such questions ever since publication in 1859 …
Burning Saints
Cognition and Culture in the Fire-walking Rituals of the Anastenaria
Inbunden, 2012
2504 kr
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The Anastenaria are Orthodox Christians in Northern Greece who observe a unique annual ritual cycle focused on two festivals, dedicated to Saint Constantine and Saint Helen. The festivals involve processions, music, dancing, animal sacrifices, and culminate in an electrifying fire-walking ritual. …
Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture
Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative
Av Armin W. Geertz, Jeppe Sinding Jensen
Inbunden, 2011
2468 kr
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'Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture' brings together some of the world's leading scholars in the fields of cognitive science and comparative religion. The essays range across diverse fields: the neurological processes and possible genetic foundations of how language emerged; the possible …
Past Minds
Studies in Cognitive Historiography
Av Luther H Martin, Jesper Sørensen
Inbunden, 2011
2468 kr
Tillfälligt slut
How do historians understand the minds, motivations, intentions of historical agents? What might evolutionary and cognitive theorizing contribute to this work? What is the relation between natural and cultural history? Historians have been intrigued by such questions ever since publication in 1859 …
