Milestone or millstone?: does Norenzayan's book live up to the hype?
In this book Norenzayan maintains that the mechanisms that make possible cooperative behavior among members of hunter-gatherer bands and tribal societies cannot account for what he calls the ‘scaled-up’ cooperation of humans in cities and states. Only the fear of being watched by an omnipotent and o...
| Outros títulos: | Review Symposium on Ara Norenzayan: "Big Gods: how religion transformed cooperation and conflict" (2013) |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electronic/Print Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2014]
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Religion
Ano: 2014, Volume: 44, Número: 4, Páginas: 674-683 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Norenzayan, Ara 1970-, Big gods
/ Conceito de Deus
/ Ação moral
/ Controle
/ Evolução cultural
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião AG Vida religiosa BB Religiões indígenas (de grupos étnicos) BG Grande religião |
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| Resumo: | In this book Norenzayan maintains that the mechanisms that make possible cooperative behavior among members of hunter-gatherer bands and tribal societies cannot account for what he calls the ‘scaled-up’ cooperation of humans in cities and states. Only the fear of being watched by an omnipotent and omniscient supernatural being who is able and willing to punish those who do not play fair can account for the emergence of the ultrasociality on which complex societies are based. The author shows here that neither the experimental nor historical evidence he brings forward supports that claim. |
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| ISSN: | 0048-721X |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2014.937079 |