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An Ethology of Religion and Art - Belief as Behavior (Hardcover)
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An Ethology of Religion and Art - Belief as Behavior (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
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Drawing from sources including the ethology of art and the
cognitive science of religion this book proposes an improved
understanding of both art and religion as behaviors developed in
the process of human evolution. Looking at both art and religion as
closely related, but not identical, behaviors a more coherent
definition of religion can be formed that avoids pitfalls such as
the Eurocentric characterization of religion as belief or the
dismissal of the category as nothing more than false belief or the
product of scholarly invention. The book integrates highly relevant
insights from the ethology and anthropology of art, particularly
the identification of "the special" by Ellen Dissanayake and art as
agency by Alfred Gell, with insights from, among others, Ann Taves,
who similarly identified "specialness" as characteristic of
religion. It integrates these insights into a useful and accurate
understanding and explanation of the relationship of art and
religion and of religion as a human behavior. This in turn is used
to suggest how art can contribute to the development and
maintenance of religions. The innovative combination of art,
science, and religion in this book makes it a vital resource for
scholars of Religion and the Arts, Aesthetics, Religious Studies,
Religion and Science and Religious Anthropology.
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