Geoffrey Samuel: Mind, Body and Culture

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Concerned with the aspects of human behaviour which have been traditionally described as cultural or social, the author draws on his background in physics to suggest a scientific approach involving a reconceptualization of many of our assumed concepts. Are culture, society and similar concepts from anthropology and sociology of any real use in making sense of human social life? How can we understand the relationship between the social group and the individual human beings, with their self-awareness and sense of personal identity, who make it up? Drawing on his background in physics, Dr Samuel suggests a scientific approach involving a reconceptualization of many of the concepts we take for granted. The multimodal framework, or MMF, derives from this approach. It incorporates many of the insights of social and cultural anthropology, particularly the work of Gregory Bateson and Victor Turner, as well as being influenced by recent developments in the philosophy of science and related fields. Finally, the book considers some of the implications of the MMF for biological approaches, and focuses on questions of brain structure and on evolutionary explanations for human social behaviour.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. New paradigms and modal states; 2. A natural science of society; 3. Starting points I; 4. Starting points II; 5. Interpreting the flow; 6. The multimodal framework; 7. The Ndembu modal state repertoire; 8. Sociocentric modal states; 9. Shamanic mechanisms; 10. The growth of the clerical approach; 11. Technical and transformational mechanisms; 12. Mind, body and culture; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2006
Fachbereich:	Völkerkunde
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Völkerkunde
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521024945
ISBN-10:	0521024943
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Samuel, Geoffrey
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Geoffrey Samuel
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.02.2006
Gewicht:	0,346 kg

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