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Religion as magical ideology : how the supernatural reflects rationality / Konrad Talmont-Kaminski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad, author.
- Series:
- Religion, cognition and culture.
- Religion, Cognition & Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychoanalysis and religion.
- Philosophy and religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 160 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-152) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-317-54473-0
- 1-315-72904-0
- 1-317-54474-9
- 1-84465-645-4
- 9781315729046
- OCLC:
- 893740796
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