Culture in Mind: Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning

Shore, Bradd

ISBN 10: 0195095979 / ISBN 13: 9780195095975

Published by Oxford University Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Culture in Mind: Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195095979
• ISBN 13: 9780195095975
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Despite the recognized importance of cultural diversity in understanding the modern world, the emerging science of cognitive psychology has relied far more on experimental psychology, neurobiology, and computer science than on cultural anthropology for its models of how we think. In this exciting new book, anthropologist Bradd Shore has created the first study linking multiculturalism to cognitive psychology, exploring the complex relationship between culture in public institutions and in mental representations. In so doing, he answers in a completely new way the age old question of whether humans are basically the same psychologically, independent of cultures, or basically diverse because of cultural differences.

About the Author

Bradd Shore is at Emory University.