Scott Atran, Douglas L. Medin

Broschiertes Buch

The Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature

Beschreibung

An analysis of the cognitive consequences of diminished contact with nature examines the relationship between how people think about the natural world and how they act on it, and how these are affected by cultural differences.

Autor

Scott Atran is Research Director in Anthropology at France's National Center for Scientific Research and Visiting Professor of Psychology and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. He is the coeditor, with Douglas Medin, of Folkbiology (MIT Press, 1999). Douglas L. Medin is Louis W. Menk Professor of Psychology and Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He is the coauthor of The Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature and coeditor of Folkbiology, both published by the MIT Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780262514088
• ISBN-10: 0262514087
• Artikelnr.: 27959523