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Can I read Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge (New Departures in Anthropology) on EtoBox?

Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge (New Departures in Anthropology) by Maurice Bloch is a social science available to read on EtoBox.

What is Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge (New Departures in Anthropology) about?

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, memo

Who reads Anthropology and the Cognitive Challenge (New Departures in Anthropology)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Maurice Bloch
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Published
2012
Language
EN
ISBN
9781139517447
Category
social science
Subjects
Anthropology, Psychology, Social Science
Updated
2026-03-25

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