Culture in mind : cognition, culture, and the problem of meaning /
Culture in Mind is an ethnographic portrait of the human mind. Using case studies from both western and nonwestern societies. Shore argues that "cultural models" are necessary to the functioning of the human mind. Drawing on recent developments in cognitive science as well as anthropology,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
©1996.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Culture in Mind is an ethnographic portrait of the human mind. Using case studies from both western and nonwestern societies. Shore argues that "cultural models" are necessary to the functioning of the human mind. Drawing on recent developments in cognitive science as well as anthropology, Culture in Mind explores the cognitive world of culture in the ongoing production of meaning in everyday thinking and feeling. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 428 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-411) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 1423760271 9781423760276 1280533617 9781280533617 9780195095975 0195095979 |