Essays on cultural transmission / Maurice Bloch.

Author/creator Bloch, Maurice
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford, UK ; New York : Berg, ©2005.
Descriptionxi, 174 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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SeriesLondon School of Economics monographs on social anthropology ; v. 75
London School of Economics monographs on social anthropology ; v. 75. ^A423192
Contents Where did anthropology go? or, The need for 'human nature' -- Why trees, too, are good to think with : toward an anthropology of the meaning of life -- Questions not to ask of Malagasy carvings -- Commensality and poisoning -- What is passed on from parents to children : a cross-cultural investigation -- A well-disposed social anthropologist's problems with memes -- Are religious beliefs counter-intuitive? -- Ritual and deference -- Kinship and evolved psychological dispositions : the mother's brother controversy reconsidered.
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Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005010965
ISBN1845202872 (pbk.)
ISBN9781845202873 (pbk.)
ISBN1845202864 (cloth)
ISBN9781845202866 (cloth)