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The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture
The Oxford Handbook of Human Development and Culture provides a comprehensive synopsis of theory and research on human development, with every chapter drawing together findings from cultures around the world. This includes a focus on cultural diversity within nations, cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural development, Culture, Human development
Tagged cultural development, culture, human development
La dominación cultural – Antonio Gramsci y Pierre Bourdieu
En este escrito Michael Burawoy relaciona las teorías sobre la dominación cultural de dos de los principales pensadores sociales del siglo XX, Antonio Gramsci y Pierre Bourdieu. De todos los marxistas Gramsci es el más cercano a Bourdieu. Ambos trataron … Continue reading
La Supervivencia de la Cultura – Pierre Bourdieu
¿Es todavía posible hoy, y por cuánto tiempo todavía, hablar de actividades culturales y de cultura en general? Me parece que la lógica cada vez más empujada por la velocidad y por el beneficio, que se expresa en la lucha … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural sociology, Culture, Sociology
Tagged cultural sociology, culture, sociology
La sociología de la cultura y música en Max Weber
La Sociología de la Cultura de Weber ha quedado desdibujada ante la enorme pluralidad de áreas de estudio que el sociólogo alemán inició. Desde los estudios de metodología que tratan de conciliar la polémica entre las Ciencias ideográficas y las … Continue reading
Human evolution: why we’re more than great apes
Palaeoanthropologists have used the anatomical signs of bipedalism to identify our earliest ancestors, demonstrating our shared genetic heritage with great apes. However, despite this shared history, human evolution set out on a trajectory that has led to significant distinctions from … Continue reading
Posted in Brain, Cultural change, Culture, Human evolution
Tagged brain, cultural change, culture, human evolution
The Cultural power of Tacit Knowledge: Inarticulacy and Bourdieu’s habitus
Tacit knowledge, or knowledge that is inarticulate or unarticulated, lies at the heart of all cultural life, and is exercised in dull and repetitive activities that constitute the heart of daily existence. It seems without much character or importance, but … Continue reading
Posted in Cuisine, Tacit knowlege
Tagged culture, Tacit knowlege
Cognitive Culture – Theoretical and Empirical insights into Social Learning Strategies
Research into social learning (learning from others) has expanded significantly in recent years, not least because of productive interactions between theoretical and empirical approaches. This has been coupled with a new emphasis on learning strategies, which places social learning within … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Cognitive culture, Culture, Social cognition, Social learning, Strategy
Tagged cognition, Cognitive culture, culture, social cognition, social learning, strategy
Culture shapes the Evolution of Cognition
A central debate in cognitive science concerns the nativist hypothesis, the proposal that universal features of behavior reflect a biologically determined cognitive substrate: For example, linguistic nativism proposes a domain-specific faculty of language that strongly constrains which languages can be … Continue reading
Population Size does not explain Past Changes in Cultural Complexity
Archaeologists have long tried to understand why cultural complexity often changed in prehistory. Recently, a series of highly influential formal models have suggested that demography is the key factor. According to these models, the size of a population determines its … Continue reading
On the Cultural Origins of Self-esteem
Several theories propose that self-esteem, or positive self-regard, results from fulfilling the value priorities of one’s surrounding culture. Yet, surprisingly little evidence exists for this assertion, and theories differ about whether individuals must personally endorse the value priorities involved. We … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural context, Cultural differences, Culture, Self, Self-esteem
Tagged Cultural context, cultural differences, culture, Self, Self-esteem
