Explaining Culture
Author | : Dan Sperber |
Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1996-11-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 0631200452 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780631200451 |
Rating | : 4/5 (451 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Explaining Culture by : Dan Sperber
Download or read book Explaining Culture written by Dan Sperber and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1996-11-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideas, Dan Sperber argues, may be contagious. They may invade whole populations. In the process, the people, their environment, and the ideas themselves are being transformed. To explain culture is to describe the causes and the effects of this contagion of ideas. This book will be read by all those with an interest in the impact of the cognitive revolution on our understanding of culture.