Milestone or millstone?: does Norenzayan's book live up to the hype?
In this book Norenzayan maintains that the mechanisms that make possible cooperative behavior among members of hunter-gatherer bands and tribal societies cannot account for what he calls the ‘scaled-up’ cooperation of humans in cities and states. Only the fear of being watched by an omnipotent and o...
| Published in: | Religion |
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| Subtitles: | Review Symposium on Ara Norenzayan: "Big Gods: how religion transformed cooperation and conflict" (2013) |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2014]
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| In: |
Religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 674-683 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Norenzayan, Ara 1970-, Big gods
/ Idea of God
/ Moral act
/ Control
/ Cultural evolution
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions BG World religions |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (doi) |