A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology: 16 (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology) - Softcover

"In elucidating tensions between individual andcollective, between idiosyncratic and commonplace, between thesocial, cultural, and environmental, and between the evolutionaryand situational, cognitive anthropology emerges as a significantcomponent of studying human being, and this volume provides auseful anthology and snapshot." ("Journal of theRoyal Astronomical Institute," 1 May 2013) "The fact that reading through these essays got methinking about the amazing range of research areas that could nowbe considered part of "cognitive anthropology" is a testament bothto the provocative value of this volume and the vitality of thesub-discipline of cognitive anthropology it is helping tore-imagine." ("Ethos," 1 February 2013) "The fact that reading through these essays got me thinking about the amazing range of research areas thatcould now be considered part of "cognitive anthropology" is a testament both to the provocative value of this volume and the vitality of the sub-discipline of cognitive anthropology it is helping to re-imagine." ("Ethos", 1 February 2013)

A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key essays by leading scholars. * Demonstrates the importance of cognitive anthropology as an early constituent of the cognitive sciences * Examines how culturally shared and complex cognitive systems work, how they are structured, how they differ from one culture to another, how they are learned and passed on * Explains how cultural (or collective) vs. individual knowledge distinguishes cognitive anthropology from cognitive psychology * Examines recent theories and methods for studying cognition in real-world scenarios * Contains twenty-nine key essays by leading names in the field