How Traditions Live and Die

Zusatztext The entire book is written in a very appealing essayistic style, while at the same time facing serious issues with a deep conceptual analysis of the recent literature ... The approach of Morin is certainly a very serious proposal to relate cultural traditions and evolution. Its emphasis of finding the keys in the population of people and ideas, rather than simply in genes, is worthy of attention both of evolutionary psychologists, and for the researchers of many cultural disciplines. Informationen zum Autor Olivier Morin is Fellow of the KLI Institute, Klosterneuburg, Austria. Klappentext This book brings together cognitive science and quantitative cultural history to look into the causes of cultural survival. Instead of blind and faithful imitation, it explores the appeal of traditions evolved to fit cognitive biases. This is both an introduction and an alternative to contemporary theories of cultural evolution. Zusammenfassung This book brings together cognitive science and quantitative cultural history to look into the causes of cultural survival. Instead of blind and faithful imitation, it explores the appeal of traditions evolved to fit cognitive biases. This is both an introduction and an alternative to contemporary theories of cultural evolution.

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• Authors: Olivier Morin, Olivier (Research Fellow Morin, Morin Olivier
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2016
• EAN: 9780190210496
• ISBN: 978-0-19-021049-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Foundations of Human Interaction; Foundations of Human Interaction; Foundations of Human Interacti
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Communication Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Cultural studies: customs and traditions