TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lloyd,G.E.R.
TI  - Demystifying mentalities
T2  - Themes in the social sciences
SN  - 9780511607691 (ebook)
AV  - BF773 .L66 1990
U1  - 303.3/72 20
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Belief and doubt
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Evidence
KW  - Cognition and culture
KW  - Science
KW  - History
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - If faraway peoples have different ideas from our own, is this because they have different mentalities? Did our remote ancestors lack logic? The notion of distinct mentalities has been used extensively by historians to describe and explain cultural diversity. Professor Lloyd rejects this psychologising talk of mentalities and proposes an alternative approach, which takes as its starting point the social contexts of communication. Discussing apparently irrational beliefs and behaviour (such as magic), he shows how different forms of thought coexist in a single culture but within conventionally defined contexts
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511607691
ER  -