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Past minds : studies in cognitive historiography / edited by Luther H. Martin and Jesper Sørensen.

Contributor(s): Martin, Luther H, 1937- | Sørensen, Jesper, 1968-Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion, cognition, and culturePublisher: London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub. Ltd., 2011Description: xiii, 206 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9781845537401 (hb); 9781845537418 (pbk.)Subject(s): Religion | Cognition and cultureDDC classification: 200.19 LOC classification: BL51 | .P28 2011
Contents:
Preface / Luther H. Martin, Jesper Sorensen -- Introduction -- Past minds : evolution, cognition and history / Luther H. Martin -- Cognitive history and cultural epidemiology / Christophe Heintz, Konrad Lorenz -- Minds and ancient civilizations -- Technology and past minds : the case of Jewish niche construction / Gabriel Levy -- Illuminatory of the wide earth, strong weapon of the gods, unbribable judge : intuitive ontologies and the use of divine epithets in Assyro-Bablylonian texts / Peter Westh -- Cultural stability and the ideal landscape : the symbolism of trees and plants in Maya culture / Christian Prager -- No time to philosophize : Norwegian oral tradition and the cognitive economics of belief / Dirk Johannsen -- Roman minds -- Prisons of the longue dure : the circulation and acceptance of prodigia in Roman antiquity / Anders Lisdorf -- What might cognitive science contribute to our understanding of the roman cult of mithras? / Alef Chalupa -- Do the multiple initiations of Lucius in Apuleius' metamorphoses falsify the ritual form hypothesis? / Douglass Gragg -- Religion explained : Lucian and the cognitive study of religion / Ulrich Berner -- Magic and mind in early Christianity / Istvan Czachesz -- Conclusion -- Beneath the surface of history / Donald Wiebe -- Past minds : present historiography and cognitive science / Jesper Sorensen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Luther H. Martin, Jesper Sorensen -- Introduction -- Past minds : evolution, cognition and history / Luther H. Martin -- Cognitive history and cultural epidemiology / Christophe Heintz, Konrad Lorenz -- Minds and ancient civilizations -- Technology and past minds : the case of Jewish niche construction / Gabriel Levy -- Illuminatory of the wide earth, strong weapon of the gods, unbribable judge : intuitive ontologies and the use of divine epithets in Assyro-Bablylonian texts / Peter Westh -- Cultural stability and the ideal landscape : the symbolism of trees and plants in Maya culture / Christian Prager -- No time to philosophize : Norwegian oral tradition and the cognitive economics of belief / Dirk Johannsen -- Roman minds -- Prisons of the longue dure : the circulation and acceptance of prodigia in Roman antiquity / Anders Lisdorf -- What might cognitive science contribute to our understanding of the roman cult of mithras? / Alef Chalupa -- Do the multiple initiations of Lucius in Apuleius' metamorphoses falsify the ritual form hypothesis? / Douglass Gragg -- Religion explained : Lucian and the cognitive study of religion / Ulrich Berner -- Magic and mind in early Christianity / Istvan Czachesz -- Conclusion -- Beneath the surface of history / Donald Wiebe -- Past minds : present historiography and cognitive science / Jesper Sorensen.

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