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...
| Другие заглавия: | Review Symposium on Ara Norenzayan: "Big Gods: how religion transformed cooperation and conflict" (2013) |
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| Формат: | Electronic/Print Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2014]
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Religion
Год: 2014, Том: 44, Выпуск: 4, Страницы: 674-683 |
| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Norenzayan, Ara 1970-, Big gods
/ Представление Бога (мотив)
/ Моральное действие
/ Контроль
/ Культурная эволюция
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| Индексация IxTheo: | AD Социология религии AG Религиозная жизнь BB Этнические религии BG Всемирная религия |
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| Итог: | 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 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2014.937079 |