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Ideas, Dan Sperber argues, may be contagious. They may invade whole populations. In the process, the people, their environment, and the ideas themselves are being transformed. To explain culture is to describe the causes and the effects of this contagion of ideas. This book will... Read Full Overview

'Explaining Culture' is a contribution to both evolutionary and cultural psychology. It provides a framework for thinking about how the human mind evolved and how the resulting 'mental modules' can serve as the basis not only for universal aspects of human culture but also for... Read Full Overview