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Culture in Mind: Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning
- Publication Year:
- 1996
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Shore, Bradd
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-509597-5
- Doody Core Title Score:
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An important work in the field of cultural anthropology that addresses questions at the core of anthropological theory.
Despite the recognized importance of cultural diversity in understanding the modern world, the emerging science of cognitive psychology has relied far more on experimental psychology, neurobiology, and computer science than on cultural anthropology for its models of how we think.
In this exciting book, anthropologist Bradd Shore has created the first study linking multi-culturalism to cognitive psychology, exploring the complex relationship between culture in public institutions and in mental representations. In so doing, he answers in a completely new way the age old question of whether humans are basically the same psychologically, independent of cultures, or basically diverse because of cultural differences.
The first half of the book emphasizes cultural models, from Australian Aboriginal rituals and Samoan comedy skits, to more familiar terrain, including a study of baseball as a cultural model for Americans. Along the way, the author sheds new and novel light on
Despite the recognized importance of cultural diversity in understanding the modern world, the emerging science of cognitive psychology has relied far more on experimental psychology, neurobiology, and computer science than on cultural anthropology for its models of how we think.
In this exciting book, anthropologist Bradd Shore has created the first study linking multi-culturalism to cognitive psychology, exploring the complex relationship between culture in public institutions and in mental representations. In so doing, he answers in a completely new way the age old question of whether humans are basically the same psychologically, independent of cultures, or basically diverse because of cultural differences.
The first half of the book emphasizes cultural models, from Australian Aboriginal rituals and Samoan comedy skits, to more familiar terrain, including a study of baseball as a cultural model for Americans. Along the way, the author sheds new and novel light on
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- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Shore, Bradd
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-509597-5
- Specialty:
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- Culture & Ethnicity
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 448
- Publication Year:
- 1996
- Doody Core Title Score:
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