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How We Think They Think: Anthropological Approaches To Cognition, Memory, And Literacy (English and Russian Edition) - Softcover
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These essays by one of anthropology's most original theorists consider such fundamental questions as: Is cognition language-based? How reliable a guide to memory are people's narratives about themselves? What connects the social recalling” studied by anthropologists to the autobiographical memory” studied by psychologists? Now gathered in accessible form for the first time and drawing frequently upon the author's fieldwork among the Zafimaniry of Madagascar for ethnographic examples, the twelve closely linked essays of How We Think They Think pose provocative challenges not only to conventional cognitive models but to the basic assumptions that underlie much of ethnography. This book will be read with interest by those who study culture and cognition, ethnographic theory and practice, and the peoples and cultures of Africa.
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Maurice E.F. Bloch is professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics.
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- PublisherWestview Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0813333733
- ISBN 13 9780813333731
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages216
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How we think they think : anthropological approaches to cognition, memory, and literacy / Maurice E.F. Bloch
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1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 205 pages: illustrations, map; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Language, anthropology and cognitive science -- What goes without saying: the conceptualization of Zafimaniry society -- Cognition and ethnography -- Domain-specificity, living kinds and symbolism -- Internal and external memory: different ways of being in history -- The resurrection of the house amongst the Zafimaniry of Madagascar -- Time, narratives and the multiplicity of representations of the past -- Autobiographical memory and the historical memory of the more distant past -- Astrology and writing in Madagascar -- Literacy and enlightenment -- The uses of schooling and literacy in a Zafimaniry village -- Why do Malagasy cows speak French? Subjects: Ethnopsychology. Cognition and culture. Social policy. Sociology. Cognitive psychology. Literacy Madagascar. Memory Social aspects Madagascar. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 321231
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How we think they think : anthropological approaches to cognition, memory, and literacy / Maurice E.F. Bloch
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