Religion as magical ideology : how the supernatural reflects rationality / / Konrad Talmont-Kaminski
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| Autore: |
Talmont-Kaminski Konrad
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| Titolo: |
Religion as magical ideology : how the supernatural reflects rationality / / Konrad Talmont-Kaminski
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xi, 160 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 200.19 |
| Soggetto topico: | Psychoanalysis and religion |
| Philosophy and religion | |
| Note generali: | First published 2013 by Acumen. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-152) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Superstitious reeds; 3. The superempirical; 4. Magic as cognitive by-product; 5. Religion as magical ideology; 6. Religion as ancestral trait; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Religion as Magical Ideology examines the relationship between rationality and supernatural beliefs arguing that such beliefs are products of evolution, cognition and culture. The book does not offer a false rapprochement between reason and religion; instead, it explores their interrelationship as a series of complex adaptations between cognitive and cultural processes. Exploring the nature of the tension between religious traditions and reason, Religion as Magical Ideology develops a dual inheritance theory of religion - which combines the cognitive byproduct and prosocial adaptation accounts - and analyses the connection between the function of a belief and the degree of protection it gets from potential counter-evidence. With discussion ranging from individual cognitive mechanisms, general functional considerations, to the limits of evolutionary and cognitive processes, the book offers readers a systematic account of how cognition shapes religious beliefs and practices. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Religion as magical ideology |
| ISBN: | 1-317-54473-0 |
| 1-315-72904-0 | |
| 1-317-54474-9 | |
| 1-84465-645-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787666003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Religion, cognition and culture.