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...
| Autres titres: | Review Symposium on Ara Norenzayan: "Big Gods: how religion transformed cooperation and conflict" (2013) |
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| Type de support: | Numérique/imprimé Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2014]
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| Dans: |
Religion
Année: 2014, Volume: 44, Numéro: 4, Pages: 674-683 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Norenzayan, Ara 1970-, Big gods
/ Image de Dieu
/ Comportement moral
/ Contrôle
/ Évolution culturelle
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AD Sociologie des religions AG Vie religieuse BB Religions traditionnelles ou tribales BG Grandes religions |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (doi) |
| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2014.937079 |