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Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Open Book Publishers, 2021.
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Abstract
- "This volume brings together a collection of seven articles previously published by the author, with a new introduction reframing the articles in the context of past and present questions in anthropology, psychology and human evolution. It promotes the perspective of ‘integrated’ social science, in which social science questions are addressed in a deliberately eclectic manner, combining results and models from evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, economics, anthropology and history. It thus constitutes a welcome contribution to a gradually emerging approach to social science based on E. O. Wilson’s concept of ‘consilience’. Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens spans a wide range of topics, from an examination of ritual behaviour, integrating neuro-science, ethology and anthropology to explain why humans engage in ritual actions (both cultural and individual), to the motivation of conflicts between groups. As such, the collection gives readers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the applications of an evolutionary paradigm in the social sciences. This volume will be a useful resource for scholars and students in the social sciences (particularly psychology, anthropology, evolutionary biology and the political sciences), as well as a general readership interested in the social sciences. "
- Subjects :
- anthropology
ethology
economics
evolutionary biology
experimental psychology
history
human evolution
neuroscience
political science
psychology
ritual
social science
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
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- Language :
- English
- ISBN :
- 978-1-80064-206-5
978-1-80064-207-2
978-1-80064-209-6
978-1-80064-210-2
978-1-80064-211-9
1-80064-206-7
1-80064-207-5
1-80064-209-1
1-80064-210-5
1-80064-211-3 - ISBNs :
- 9781800642065, 9781800642072, 9781800642096, 9781800642102, 9781800642119, 1800642067, 1800642075, 1800642091, 1800642105, and 1800642113
- Database :
- OAPEN Library
- Notes :
- https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/1424, , ScholarLed
- Publication Type :
- eBook
- Accession number :
- edsoap.20.500.12657.50315
- Document Type :
- book
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0257