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In this provocative new study the distinguished anthropologist Maurice Bloch argues for a return to a naturalist approach to social and cultural anthropology, proposing that subjects such as the self, kinship, memory and globalisation benefit from being simultaneously approached with the tools of social and cognitive science.

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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: the person or the self, cosmology, kinship, memory and globalisation. Opening with an exploration of the history of anthropology, Bloch shows why and how naturalist approaches were abandoned and argues that these once valid reasons are no longer relevant. Bloch then shows how such subjects as the self, memory and the conceptualisation of time benefit from being simultaneously approached with the tools of social and cognitive science. Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge will stimulate fresh debate among scholars and students across a wide range of disciplines.

Author Biography

Maurice Bloch, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics, is one of the world's leading anthropologists. He has held a number of academic positions at universities around the world and is currently an associate member of the Institut Jean Nicod of the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris engaged in an interdisciplinary research project on comparative epistemics funded by the European Science Foundation. He has published widely on his research interests and his work has been translated into twelve languages. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1990.

Table of Contents

1. Why social scientists should not avoid cognitive issues; 2. Innateness and social scientists' fears; 3. How anthropology abandoned a naturalist epistemology; 4. The nature/culture wars; 5. Time and the anthropologists; 6. Reconciling social science and cognitive science notions of the 'self'; 7. What goes without saying; 8. Memory.

Review

'Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge is, in sum, an excellent little book that deserves to be read by all social scientists interested in the role of the mind in human affairs.' Thomas Wynn, Anthropos 'I believe that Bloch offers a well-reasoned and balanced perspective on the divide between psychology and anthropology. Most psychological and cognitive anthropologists will find themselves nodding in agreement as they read.' Harold D. Green, American Anthropologist "Highly recommended." Choice "Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge is, in sum, an excellent little book that deserves to be read by all social scientists interested in the role of the mind in human affairs." Thomas Wynn, Anthropos "I believe that Bloch offers a well-reasoned and balanced perspective on the divide between psychology and anthropology. Most psychological and cognitive anthropologists will find themselves nodding in agreement as they read." Harold D. Green, American Anthropologist

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Highly recommended.

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One of the world's most distinguished anthropologists proposes that cognitive science enriches, rather than threatens, the work of social scientists.

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In this provocative new study the distinguished anthropologist Maurice Bloch argues for a return to a naturalist approach to social and cultural anthropology, proposing that subjects such as the self, kinship, memory and globalisation benefit from being simultaneously approached with the tools of social and cognitive science.

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In this provocative new study the distinguished anthropologist Maurice Bloch argues for a return to a naturalist approach to social and cultural anthropology, proposing that subjects such as the self, kinship, memory and globalisation benefit from being simultaneously approached with the tools of social and cognitive science.

Details ISBN0521803551 Author Maurice Bloch Year 2012 ISBN-10 0521803551 ISBN-13 9780521803557 Media Book Format Hardcover Publisher Cambridge University Press Series New Departures in Anthropology Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 301 Pages 244 Short Title ANTHROPOLOGY & THE COGNITIVE C Language English Publication Date 2012-06-28 Residence ENK Affiliation London School of Economics and Political Science Illustrations 7 Halftones, unspecified DOI 10.1604/9780521803557 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2012-06-28 AU Release Date 2012-06-28 NZ Release Date 2012-06-28 We've got this

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