Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge

by Maurice Bloch

Book Overview

In this provocative new study one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists proposes that an understanding of cognitive science enriches, rather than threatens, the work of social scientists. Maurice Bloch argues for a naturalist approach to social and cultural anthropology, introducing developments in cognitive sciences such as psychology and neurology and exploring the relevance of these developments for central anthropological concerns:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521006155
• ISBN13: 9780521006156
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"