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010 a| 2012008279;

020 a| 9780521803557 (hardback);

020 a| 0521803551 (hardback);

020 a| 9780521006156 (paperback);

020 a| 0521006155 (paperback);

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100 1 a| Bloch, Maurice.=| ^A69368;

245 10 a| Anthropology and the cognitive challenge /c| Maurice Bloch.;

260 a| Cambridge ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2012.;

263 a| 1206;

300 a| ix, 234 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| New departures in anthropology;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-229) and index.;

505 0 a| 1. Why anthropologists cannot avoid cognitive issues and what they gain from these -- 2. Innateness and social scientists' fears -- 3. How anthropology abandoned a naturalist epistemology: a cognitive perspective on the history of anthropology -- 4. The nature/culture wars -- 5. Time and the anthropologists -- 6. Reconciling social science and cognitive science notions of the 'self' -- 7. What goes without saying -- 8. Memory.;

520 a| "In this provocative new study one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists proposes that an understanding of cognitive science enriches, rather than threatens, the work of social scientists. Maurice Bloch argues for a naturalist approach to social and cultural anthropology, introducing developments in cognitive sciences such as psychology and neurology and exploring the relevance of these developments for central anthropological concerns: the person or the self, cosmology, kinship, memory and globalisation. Opening with an exploration of the history of anthropology, Bloch shows why and how naturalist approaches were abandoned and argues that these once valid reasons are no longer relevant. Bloch then shows how such subjects as the self, memory and the conceptualisation of time benefit from being simultaneously approached with the tools of social and cognitive science. Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge will stimulate fresh debate among scholars and students across a wide range of disciplines"--c| Provided by publisher.;

650 0 a| Cognition and culture.=| ^A115327;

650 0 a| Anthropology.=| ^A9251;

650 0 a| Ethnopsychology.=| ^A742;

650 7 a| SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical.2| bisacsh;

830 0 a| New departures in anthropology.=| ^A568059;

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Anthropology and the cognitive challenge / Maurice Bloch.

Author/creator	Bloch, Maurice
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description	ix, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Cognition and culture. Anthropology. Ethnopsychology.

Series	New departures in anthropology New departures in anthropology. ^A568059
Contents	1. Why anthropologists cannot avoid cognitive issues and what they gain from these -- 2. Innateness and social scientists' fears -- 3. How anthropology abandoned a naturalist epistemology: a cognitive perspective on the history of anthropology -- 4. The nature/culture wars -- 5. Time and the anthropologists -- 6. Reconciling social science and cognitive science notions of the 'self' -- 7. What goes without saying -- 8. Memory.
Abstract	"In this provocative new study one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists proposes that an understanding of cognitive science enriches, rather than threatens, the work of social scientists. Maurice Bloch argues for a naturalist approach to social and cultural anthropology, introducing developments in cognitive sciences such as psychology and neurology and exploring the relevance of these developments for central anthropological concerns: the person or the self, cosmology, kinship, memory and globalisation. Opening with an exploration of the history of anthropology, Bloch shows why and how naturalist approaches were abandoned and argues that these once valid reasons are no longer relevant. Bloch then shows how such subjects as the self, memory and the conceptualisation of time benefit from being simultaneously approached with the tools of social and cognitive science. Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge will stimulate fresh debate among scholars and students across a wide range of disciplines"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-229) and index.
LCCN	2012008279
ISBN	9780521803557 (hardback)
ISBN	0521803551 (hardback)
ISBN	9780521006156 (paperback)
ISBN	0521006155 (paperback)

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