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Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture - Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative (Paperback, New)
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Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture - Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative (Paperback, New)
Series: Religion, Cognition and Culture
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"The anthology is unusually well thought-out, building its case
from the rudiments and evolution of language to the evolution of
mind and consciousness to the appearance of narrative and religion.
The collection also introduces many scholars and theories with
whom/which anthropologists may be less familiar but who/which
demand our attention and can strongly benefit our work. I have
already integrated some lessons from the book into my teaching and
will no doubt return to it in my own research and writing.
Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture is a proud statement of
where the cognitive theory of religion and narrative stands at
present and a manifesto for future research." - Anthropology Review
Database Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture contains
contributions dealing with religious narrative and cognitive theory
written by some of the worlds leading scholars in the fields of
cognitive science, narratology and comparative religion. At the
heart of the volume are five papers which serve as sequels to each
other. The first paper by the American biologist and semiotician
Terrence W. Deacon explores the neurological processes and possible
genetic foundations of how language emerged in Homo sapiens. This
is followed nicely by the Canadian evolutionary psychologist Merlin
Donalds contribution which describes the possible phylogenetic
routes in the development of language and culture. His bio-cultural
approach is a major theme in the book. The third paper by the
British psychologist Chris Sinha brings us to the bridge between
neurological and communicative levels. In it he describes the
complex interrelations between the ontogenesis and the sociogenesis
of cognitive processes and demonstrates how they relate to reason,
representation, figuration and imagination. The fourth contribution
brings us to the level of narrative. It is by the Indian
narratologist Rukmini Bhaya Nair in which she argues for a
combination of neurology, narratology and a reworked speech-act
approach that focuses on narrative rather than simply sentences.
The final keynote is by the Finnish cognitive scientist of religion
Ilkka Pyysi?inen. He brings us full round to religious behavior by
showing how the psychology of ritual helps make narrative beliefs
possible. These five contributions are followed by papers from
Danish, Finnish, Icelandic and American scholars of religion
covering religious narratives and emotional communication, gossip
as religious narrative and area studies of religious narrative and
cognition in the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Georgian
Orthodox Church, Indian Epic literature, Australian Aboriginal
mythology and ritual, and modern religious forms such as New Age,
Asatro, astrological narrative and virtual rituals in 3D
cyberspace.
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