How might we transform a folk category - in this case religion - into a analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In this volume, the author addresses that question. He critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion, particularly with respect to certain disciplinary interests of anthropologists. He argues that the concept of family resemblances, as that concept has been refined and extended in prototype theory in the contemporary cognitive sciences, is the most plausible analytical strategy for resolving the central problem of the book. In the…mehr
How might we transform a folk category - in this case religion - into a analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In this volume, the author addresses that question. He critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion, particularly with respect to certain disciplinary interests of anthropologists. He argues that the concept of family resemblances, as that concept has been refined and extended in prototype theory in the contemporary cognitive sciences, is the most plausible analytical strategy for resolving the central problem of the book. In the solution proposed, religion is conceptualized as an affair of "more or less" rather than a matter of "yes or no," and no sharp line is drawn between religion and non-religion.
Benson Saler is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University and a former Interim Vice PResident of the Anthropology of Religion Section of the American Anthropological Association. He has carried out ethnographic fieldwork in Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, and the United States. His current research is largely dircted to certain aspects of "popular culture" in the United States.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Abjuring a Definition and Other Matters Chapter 2. Holding a Definition in Abeyance and a Case for a Definition Chapter 3. Monothetic Definitions Chapter 4. More on Monothetic Definitions Chapter 5. Multi-factorial Approaches: Family Resemblance and Polythesis Chapter 6. A Prototype Approach Chapter 7. Ethnocentrism and Distanciation References Cited Index
Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Abjuring a Definition and Other Matters Chapter 2. Holding a Definition in Abeyance and a Case for a Definition Chapter 3. Monothetic Definitions Chapter 4. More on Monothetic Definitions Chapter 5. Multi-factorial Approaches: Family Resemblance and Polythesis Chapter 6. A Prototype Approach Chapter 7. Ethnocentrism and Distanciation References Cited Index
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