Culture as a System: How We Know the Meaning and Significance of What We Do and

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Culture as a System by David B. Kronenfeld A particular culture is associated with a particular community, and thus has a social dimension. But how does culture operate and how is it to be defined? Is it to be taken as the behavioral repertoire of members of that community, as the products of their behavior, or as the shared mental content that produces the behavior? Is it to be viewed as a coherent whole or only a collection of disparate parts? Culture is shared, but how totally? How is culture learned and maintained over time, and how does it change?In Meaning and Significance in Human Engagement, Kronenfeld adopts a cognitive approach to culture to offer answers to these questions. Combining insights from cognitive psychology and linguistic anthropology with research on collective knowledge systems, he offers an understanding of culture as a phenomenon produced and shaped by a combination of conditions, constraints and logic.Engagingly written, it is essential reading for scholars and graduate students of cognitive anthropology, linguistic anthropology, sociology of culture, philosophy, and computational cognitive science. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography David B. Kronenfeld is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Anthropology at University of California, Riverside, USA. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Semantics and Pragmatics 3. Linguistic Relativity 4. Culture as Shared Differentially Distributed Pragmatic Knowledge 5. Shared Cultural Knowledge as Defining Social Groups 6. Prototype-Extension 7. Shared Differentially Distributed Cognitive Structures 8. Cultural Models of Action 9. Flexibility and Variability 10. Practical Implications for Analysis 11. Conclusion Details ISBN1138289183 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series Routledge Studies in Anthropology Year 2017 ISBN-10 1138289183 ISBN-13 9781138289185 Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle How We Know the Meaning and Significance of What We Do and Say Publication Date 2017-08-10 Author David B. Kronenfeld Pages 134 Affiliation University of California, Riverside, USA Short Title Culture As a System Language English AU Release Date 2017-08-10 NZ Release Date 2017-08-10 UK Release Date 2017-08-10 Alternative 9780367594787 DEWEY 306 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:134582557;

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