In gods we trust : the evolutionary landscape of religion

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In gods we trust : the evolutionary landscape of religion

Scott Atran

(Evolution and cognition)

Oxford University Press, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-336) and index

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内容説明

This is an attempt to explain the origins of religion using what we know about the evolution of cognition. A cognitive anthropologist and psychologist, the author argues that religion is a by-product of human evolution just as the cognitive intervention, cultural selection, and historical survival of religion is an accommodation of certain existential and moral elements in the human condition - elements that have arisen through evolution.

目次

  • 1. Introduction: An Evolutionary Riddle
  • Part 1: Evolutionary Sources
  • 2. The Mindless Agent: Evolutionary Adaptations and By-Products
  • 3. God's Creation: Evolutionary Origins of the Supernatural
  • Part 2: Absurd Commitments
  • 4. Counterintuitive Worlds: The Most Mundane Nature of Religious Belief
  • 5. The Sense of Sacrifice: Culture, Communication, and Commitment
  • Part 3: Ritual Passions
  • 6. Ritual and Relevation: The Emotional Mind
  • 7. Waves of Passion: The Neuropsychology of Vision
  • Part 4: Mindblind Theories
  • 8. Culture without Mind: Sociobiology and Group Selection
  • 9. The Trouble with Memes: Inference versus Imitation in Cultural Creation
  • 10. Conclusion: Why Religion Seems Here to Stay

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