A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology

A <i>Companion to Cognitive Anthropology</i> offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key essays by leading scholars. <ul> <li>Demonstrates the importance of cognitive anthropology as an early constituent of the cognitive sciences</li> <li> Examines how culturally shared and complex cognitive systems work, how they are structured, how they differ from one culture to another, how they are learned and passed on</li> <li>Explains how cultural (or collective) vs. individual knowledge distinguishes cognitive anthropology from cognitive psychology</li> <li>Examines recent theories and methods for studying cognition in real-world scenarios</li> <li>Contains twenty-nine key essays by leading names in the field</li> </ul>