Homo Symbolicus
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Author |
: Christopher S. Henshilwood |
Publisher |
: John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 251 |
Release |
: 2011-11-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789027211897 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9027211892 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Homo Symbolicus by : Christopher S. Henshilwood
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 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0415939399 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780415939393 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Myth and Religion in Mircea Eliade by : Douglas Allen
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 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110805529 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110805529 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Structure and Creativity in Religion by : Douglas Allen
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 |
: Terrence W. Deacon |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 532 |
Release |
: 1998-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393343021 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393343022 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain by : Terrence W. Deacon
"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.
Author |
: Vir Singh |
Publisher |
: Partridge Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 291 |
Release |
: 2014-07-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781482835083 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1482835088 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis All Is Mind by : Vir Singh
All Is Mind is one of the rarest books, attempting to unfold mysteries of human mind and of the universe. It deeply looks into new, delighting, and intellect-blasting Skolimowskian philosophy of the participatory mind, which truly represents the crux of evolution, the climax of evolution, the absolute beauty of evolution, the soul of evolution, and the true spirit that evolution seems striving to instil into human beings for the perfection of their own evolution, and for the deep and real purpose of evolution itself. Presenting the most extraordinary aspect of lifethe human mindthe book extraordinarily explains how the mind conceives, processes, chisels, shapes, and reshapes everything and every phenomenon it encounters; how it creates reality; how it attempts to explore everything out there; how, through its outreach tentacles, it creates a sphere of its ownthe noosphere; how it goes on extending the limits of the noosphere; and many more thoughts, concepts, theories, and philosophies encompassing the all-creative, wonderful, and not yet fully understood mind. The mind in the book emerges as an epic of the evolution itself. The book attempts to transcend all previous theories of evolution, and it reveals how the mind can help us reach the stars.
Author |
: Brian Morris |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 386 |
Release |
: 1987-02-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 052133991X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521339919 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Synopsis Anthropological Studies of Religion by : Brian Morris
A lucid outline of explanations of religious phenomena offered by such great thinkers as Hegel, Marx, and Weber.
Author |
: Victoria Kennick Urubshurow |
Publisher |
: JBE Online Books |
Total Pages |
: 640 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780980163308 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0980163307 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Introducing World Religions by : Victoria Kennick Urubshurow
Author |
: Elena V. Shabliy |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2021-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781666900354 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1666900354 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Writing Journeys across Cultural Borders by : Elena V. Shabliy
Narratives of journeys, voyages, and pilgrimages often guide readers to questions about humanism and humanity from a holistic perspective. The chapters in this volume explore narratives of both real and imagined journeys and examine their religious, psychological, psychoanalytical, philosophical, educational, and historical implications. What emerges is an understanding of narratives of journeys across cultural borders as powerful educational tools that can model and contribute to meaningful dialogue with other states, cultures, and civilizations.
Author |
: Roger Wagner |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 493 |
Release |
: 2016-02-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191075704 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191075701 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Penultimate Curiosity by : Roger Wagner
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 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780857457257 |
ISBN-13 |
: 085745725X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Anthropology and Political Science by : Myron J. Aronoff
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.