Culture as Embodiment

Culture as Embodiment
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : 9781118485330
ISBN-13 : 1118485335
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Book Synopsis Culture as Embodiment by : Paul Voestermans

Download or read book Culture as Embodiment written by Paul Voestermans and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture as Embodiment utilizes recent insights in psychology, cognitive, and affective science to reveal the cultural patterning of behavior in group-related practices. Applies the best of the behavioural sciences to contemporary issues of behavioural cross-fertilization in global exchange Presents an original theory to be used in the gender and integration debates, about what the acceptance of newcomers from different cultural backgrounds really entails Presents a theory that is also applicable to youth culture and the split in modern society between underclass, modal class, and the elite Contains an original approach to the persistence of religion, and relates religious thought to the cognitive capacity of generic belief


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