03229 am 2200649 n 450 991052020350332120230130124746.0979-1-03-652949-8(CKB)4100000012430873(FrMaCLE)OB-obp-24067(PPN)260398977(EXLCZ)99410000001243087320220127j|||||||| ||| 0enguu||||||m||||Human Cultures through the Scientific LensEssays in Evolutionary Cognitive AnthropologyPascal BoyerCambridgeOpen Book Publishers20211 online resource (iv-284 p.) 1-80064-206-7 This volume brings together a collection of seven articles previously published by the author, with a new introduction reframing the articles in the context of past and present questions in anthropology, psychology and human evolution. It promotes the perspective of ‘integrated’ social science, in which social science questions are addressed in a deliberately eclectic manner, combining results and models from evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, economics, anthropology and history. It thus constitutes a welcome contribution to a gradually emerging approach to social science based on E. O. Wilson’s concept of ‘consilience’ . Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens spans a wide range of topics, from an examination of ritual behaviour, integrating neuro-science, ethology and anthropology to explain why humans engage in ritual actions (both cultural and individual), to the motivation of conflicts between groups. As such, the collection gives readers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the applications of an evolutionary paradigm in the social sciences. This volume will be a useful resource for scholars and students in the social sciences (particularly psychology, anthropology, evolutionary biology and the political sciences), as well as a general readership interested in the social sciences.History & Philosophy Of Sciencehistoryeconomicsritualsocial scienceneurosciencepolitical scienceanthropologypsychologyethologyevolutionary biologyexperimental psychologyhuman evolutionHistory & Philosophy Of Sciencehistoryeconomicsritualsocial scienceneurosciencepolitical scienceanthropologypsychologyethologyevolutionary biologyexperimental psychologyhuman evolutionBoyer Pascal533977Bang Petersen Michael1356800Boyer Pascal533977Firat Rengin1356801Liénard Pierre1356802Van Leeuwen Florian1356803FR-FrMaCLEBOOK9910520203503321Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens3361722UNINA