Connections
Brain, Mind and Culture in a Social Anthropology
Published on 2. September 2003
234 pages
978-1-134-48702-8 (ISBN)
Description
Have you ever wondered how the internal space of our brain connects with the external space of society? Drawing on hermeneutics and neuroscience Stephen Reyna develops an anthropological theory that explains the relationship between the biological and the cultural.
Recent popular interest in the brain is evident, and now social anthropologists are starting to consider connections between science and anthropology. Reyna is an anthropologist prepared to tackle big and difficult questions. This accessibly written book will cause quite a stir in anthropology, and will appeal to those interested in the mysteries of the brain.
Recent popular interest in the brain is evident, and now social anthropologists are starting to consider connections between science and anthropology. Reyna is an anthropologist prepared to tackle big and difficult questions. This accessibly written book will cause quite a stir in anthropology, and will appeal to those interested in the mysteries of the brain.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
3,43 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-48702-8 (9781134487028)
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Person
Stephen P. Reyna is Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Hampshire, USA and a Visiting Senior Research Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany.
Content
List of Illustrations, Preface, List of Abbreviations, 1. Introduction, Part I: Bungled Connections, 2. Conjectural hermeneutics and 'insurmountable dualism', 3. Confronting the 'insurmountable', Part II: The Connector, 4. Neurohermeneutics, 5. A neurohermeneutic theory of culture, Part III: Coda, 6. What neurohermeneutics is not and is: is not a biological uber-determinism; is a knotty causation, 7. A Boasian social anthropology, Notes, References, Index
