ISBN:
9781119712886
Language:
English
Pages:
166 Seiten
Series Statement:
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute special issue series Volume 26, S1,2020
DDC:
153.4
Keywords:
Spirituality Psychological aspects
;
Thought and thinking
;
Spiritualität
;
Theory of mind
;
Denken
;
Vorstellung
;
Kulturvergleich
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
"Does the way we think about our minds matter? Our judgements about what counts as thought are so intimate that we may not even realize that we make them. But we do -- and the way we make them has consequences for our sense of the real.A̲ The Mind and Spirit project, presented in this volume, found that the way people think about thinking shapes the way they experience (what they take to be) gods and spirits. The authors are a team of anthropologists and psychologists who worked together for two years across sites in the United States, Ghana, Thailand, China, and Vanuatu. We argue that there are cultural differences in the way social worlds represent a̲²́ƠË₋the mind' -- we call these local theories of mind -- and that these differences affect whether and how people, for instance, hear the voices of the dead or feel the presence ofA̲ God. We find that the ways people think about thought and interiority can alter human sensory experience itself."--
Note:
Includes index
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