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Culture as Embodiment: The Social Tuning of Behavior
Paul Voestermans
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Description for Culture as Embodiment: The Social Tuning of Behavior
Hardback. Culture as Embodiment utilizes recent insights in psychology, cognitive, and affective science to reveal the cultural patterning of behavior in group-related practices. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 680.
Culture as Embodiment utilizes recent insights in psychology, cognitive, and affective science to reveal the cultural patterning of behavior in group-related practices.
- Applies the best of the behavioural sciences to contemporary issues of behavioural cross-fertilization in global exchange
- Presents an original theory to be used in the gender and integration debates, about what the acceptance of newcomers from different cultural backgrounds really entails
- Presents a theory that is also applicable to youth culture and the split in modern society between underclass, modal class, and the elite
- Contains an original approach to the persistence of religion, and relates religious thought to the cognitive capacity of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781119961888
SKU
V9781119961888
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About Paul Voestermans
Paul Voestermans is Emeritus Associate Professor in Cultural Psychology at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He also taught at the Bogaziçi University in Istanbul. He has contributed articles on culture and behaviour in Theory & Psychology, New Ideas in Psychology, and has written several books in the field. Theo Verheggen is Associate Professor in Cultural Psychology and ... Read more
Reviews for Culture as Embodiment: The Social Tuning of Behavior
"What I liked most about Culture as Embodiment is its positioning of psychological principles and behavioral patterns within the context of everyday life. This aspect of the book should not come as a surprise, given its focus on culture. But it is noteworthy, nonetheless, because in covering what are at times quite abstract concepts in psychology and beyond (e.g. metaphorical ... Read more