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Author | : Christopher S. Henshilwood |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2011-11-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9027211892 |
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The emergence of symbolic culture, classically identified with the European cave paintings of the Ice Age, is now seen, in the light of recent groundbreaking discoveries, as a complex nonlinear process taking root in a remote past and in different regions of the planet. In this book the archaeologists responsible for some of these new discoveries, flanked by ethologists interested in primate cognition and cultural transmission, evolutionary psychologists modelling the emergence of metarepresentations, as well as biologists, philosophers, neuro-scientists and an astronomer combine their research findings. Their results call into question our very conception of human nature and animal behaviour, and they create epistemological bridges between disciplines that build the foundations for a novel vision of our lineage's cultural trajectory and the processes that have led to the emergence of human societies as we know them.
Author | : Douglas Allen |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780415939393 |
Download Myth and Religion in Mircea Eliade Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is an interesting study with a great deal of information on Eliade's main themes and a detailed account of his understanding of myth.
Author | : Douglas Allen |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2019-05-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3110805529 |
Download Structure and Creativity in Religion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Since its founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.
Author | : Brian Morris |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1987-02-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780521339919 |
Download Anthropological Studies of Religion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A lucid outline of explanations of religious phenomena offered by such great thinkers as Hegel, Marx, and Weber.
Author | : Terrence W. Deacon |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1998-04-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0393343022 |
Download The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"A work of enormous breadth, likely to pleasantly surprise both general readers and experts."—New York Times Book Review This revolutionary book provides fresh answers to long-standing questions of human origins and consciousness. Drawing on his breakthrough research in comparative neuroscience, Terrence Deacon offers a wealth of insights into the significance of symbolic thinking: from the co-evolutionary exchange between language and brains over two million years of hominid evolution to the ethical repercussions that followed man's newfound access to other people's thoughts and emotions. Informing these insights is a new understanding of how Darwinian processes underlie the brain's development and function as well as its evolution. In contrast to much contemporary neuroscience that treats the brain as no more or less than a computer, Deacon provides a new clarity of vision into the mechanism of mind. It injects a renewed sense of adventure into the experience of being human.
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Release | : 2009 |
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Author | : Wilhelm Dupré |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2011-10-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 3110870053 |
Download Religion in Primitive Cultures Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.
Author | : Gerald O'Collins |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2011-05-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0191620602 |
Download Rethinking Fundamental Theology Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book identifies the distinguishing features of fundamental theology, as distinct from philosophical theology, natural theology, apologetics, and other similar disciplines. Addressing the potential for confusion about basic Christian claims and beliefs, Gerald O'Collins sets out to relaunch fundamental theology as a discipline by presenting a coherent vision of basic theological questions and positions that lay the ground for work in specific areas of systematic theology. Rethinking Fundamental Theology examines central theological questions: about God, human experience and, specifically, religious experience; the divine revelation coming through the history of Israel and through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus; human faith that responds to revelation; the nature of tradition that transmits the record and reality of revelation; the structure of biblical inspiration and truth, as well as basic issues concerned with the formation of the canon; the founding of the Church with some leadership structures; the relationship between Christ's revelation and the faith of those who follow other religions. O'Collins concludes with some reflections on theological method. Written with the scholarship and accessibility for which O'Collins is known and valued, this book will relaunch fundamental theology as a distinct and necessary discipline in faculties and departments of theology and religious studies around the world.
Author | : Roger Wagner |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 493 |
Release | : 2016-02-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0191075701 |
Download The Penultimate Curiosity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When young children first begin to ask 'why?' they embark on a journey with no final destination. The need to make sense of the world as a whole is an ultimate curiosity that lies at the root of all human religions. It has, in many cultures, shaped and motivated a more down to earth scientific interest in the physical world, which could therefore be described as penultimate curiosity. These two manifestations of curiosity have a history of connection that goes back deep into the human past. Tracing that history all the way from cave painting to quantum physics, this book (a collaboration between a painter and a physical scientist that uses illustrations throughout the narrative) sets out to explain the nature of the long entanglement between religion and science: the ultimate and the penultimate curiosity.
Author | : Myron J. Aronoff |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 085745725X |
Download Anthropology and Political Science Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
What can anthropology and political science learn from each other? The authors argue that collaboration, particularly in the area of concepts and methodologies, is tremendously beneficial for both disciplines, though they also deal with some troubling aspects of the relationship. Focusing on the influence of anthropology on political science, the book examines the basic assumptions the practitioners of each discipline make about the nature of social and political reality, compares some of the key concepts each field employs, and provides an extensive review of the basic methods of research that "bridge" both disciplines: ethnography and case study. Through ethnography (participant observation), reliance on extended case studies, and the use of "anthropological" concepts and sensibilities, a greater understanding of some of the most challenging issues of the day can be gained. For example, political anthropology challenges the illusion of the "autonomy of the political" assumed by political science to characterize so-called modern societies. Several chapters include a cross-disciplinary analysis of key concepts and issues: political culture, political ritual, the politics of collective identity, democratization in divided societies, conflict resolution, civil society, and the politics of post-Communist transformations.