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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.

Cognitie --- Cognition --- Godsdienstig denken --- Pensée religieuse --- Religious thought --- Ritual --- Ritueel --- Rituel --- Symboliek --- Symbolism --- Symbolisme --- 316:2 --- 394 --- 316.752 --- Representation, Symbolic --- Symbolic representation --- Mythology --- Emblems --- Signs and symbols --- Cult --- Cultus --- Liturgies --- Public worship --- Worship --- Rites and ceremonies --- Ritualism --- Religion --- Psychology --- Godsdienstsociologie --- Ritueel. Openbaar leven. Maatschappelijk leven. Banketten. Volksfeesten. Carnaval. Spelen. Dansen. Optochten. Jaarmarkt. Kermissen. Ruiterfeesten. --- Waarden --(sociologie) --- Cognition. --- Religious thought. --- Ritual. --- Symbolism. --- 316.752 Waarden --(sociologie) --- 394 Ritueel. Openbaar leven. Maatschappelijk leven. Banketten. Volksfeesten. Carnaval. Spelen. Dansen. Optochten. Jaarmarkt. Kermissen. Ruiterfeesten. --- 316:2 Godsdienstsociologie --- Pensée religieuse --- Ritueel. Openbaar leven. Maatschappelijk leven. Banketten. Volksfeesten. Carnaval. Spelen. Dansen. Optochten. Jaarmarkt. Kermissen. Ruiterfeesten --- 394 Ritueel. Openbaar leven. Maatschappelijk leven. Banketten. Volksfeesten. Carnaval. Spelen. Dansen. Optochten. Jaarmarkt. Kermissen. Ruiterfeesten --- 394 Public life. Pageantry. Social life. Life of the people --- Public life. Pageantry. Social life. Life of the people --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology

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Fe'fe' (Cameroon people) --- Folk poetry, African --- Literature and folklore --- Fe'fe' (Peuple du Cameroun) --- Poésie populaire africaine --- Littérature et folklore --- Folklore --- #SBIB:39A8 --- #SBIB:39A5 --- #SBIB:39A73 --- Epic poetry, Fang --- -Fang epic poetry --- Fang poetry --- Antropologie: linguïstiek, audiovisuele cultuur, antropologie van media en representatie --- Kunst, habitat, materiële cultuur en ontspanning --- Etnografie: Afrika --- History and criticism --- -Antropologie: linguïstiek, audiovisuele cultuur, antropologie van media en representatie --- Fe'fe' (Cameroonian people) --- Poésie populaire africaine --- Littérature et folklore --- Folklore. --- Fang epic poetry

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Homology theory. --- Cohomology operations. --- Geometry, Algebraic. --- Géométrie algébrique

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Tradition is a central concept in the social sciences, but it is commonly treated as unproblematic. Dr Boyer insists that social anthropology requires a theory of tradition, its constitution and transmission. He treats tradition 'as a type of interaction which results in the repetition which results in the repetition of certain communicative events', and therefore as a form of social action. Tradition as Truth and Communication deals particularly with oral communication and focuses on the privileged role of licensed speakers and the ritual contexts in which certain aspects of tradition are characteristically transmitted. Drawing on cognitive psychology, Dr Boyer proposes a set of general hypotheses to be tested by ethnographic field research. He has opened up an important new field for investigation within social anthropology.

Intercultural communication --- Cognition and culture --- Language and culture --- Intercultural communication. --- Cognition and culture. --- Language and culture. --- Culture and language --- Culture --- Culture and cognition --- Cognition --- Ethnophilosophy --- Ethnopsychology --- Socialization --- Cross-cultural communication --- Communication --- Cross-cultural orientation --- Cultural competence --- Multilingual communication --- Technical assistance --- Anthropological aspects

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A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies "There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and explained with the same precision and success as the rest of nature." Thus argues evolutionary psychologist Pascal Boyer in this uniquely innovative book. Integrating recent insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and other fields, he offers precise models of why humans engage in social behaviors such as forming families, tribes, and nations, or creating gender roles. In fascinating, thought-provoking passages, he explores questions such as, Why is there conflict between groups? Why do people believe low-value information like rumors? Why are there religions? What is social justice? What explains morality? Boyer provides a new picture of cultural transmission that draws on the pragmatics of human communication, the constructive nature of memory in human brains, and human motivation for group formation and cooperation.

Cognition and culture --- Cognition --- Socialization --- Social evolution --- 316:2 --- 316:2 Godsdienstsociologie --- Godsdienstsociologie --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Evolution --- Social change --- Child socialization --- Children --- Enculturation --- Social education --- Education --- Sociology --- Psychology --- Culture and cognition --- Ethnophilosophy --- Ethnopsychology --- Cognitive psychology --- Social psychology