About this ebook
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
About the author
David B. Kronenfeld is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Riverside.
Giovanni Bennardo is Presidential Research Professor at Northern Illinois University.
Victor C. de Munck is Associate Professor of Anthropology at State University New York, New Paltz.
Michael D. Fischer is Professor of Anthropological Sciences at the University of Kent.
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