Demystifying Mentalities (Paperback)

Geoffrey E.R. Lloyd

ISBN 10: 0521366801 / ISBN 13: 9780521366809

Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990

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Paperback. 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. 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. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Demystifying Mentalities (Paperback)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521366801
• ISBN 13: 9780521366809
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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Professor Lloyd explores cultural diversity in terms of communication and not mentality.

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The notion of distinct mentalities has been used extensively by historians to describe and explain cultural diversity. Professor Lloyd believes it is communication, not mentalities, that explains cultural diversity. Discussing apparently irrational beliefs and behaviour, he shows how different forms of thought coexist in a single culture but within conventionally defined contexts.