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A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology

David B. Kronenfeld (Editor), Giovanni Bennardo (Editor), Victor C. de Munck (Editor), Michael D. Fischer (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9492-4
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624 pages
February 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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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