A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology
Author： David B. Kronenfeld
Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication year： 2011
E-ISBN: 9781444394917
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781119111658
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781405187787
Subject： C912.4 cultural anthropology, social anthropology
Language： ENG
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Description
A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key essays by leading scholars.
- Demonstrates the importance of cognitive anthropology as an early constituent of the cognitive sciences
- Examines how culturally shared and complex cognitive systems work, how they are structured, how they differ from one culture to another, how they are learned and passed on
- Explains how cultural (or collective) vs. individual knowledge distinguishes cognitive anthropology from cognitive psychology
- Examines recent theories and methods for studying cognition in real-world scenarios
- Contains twenty-nine key essays by leading names in the field
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