Does Cognitive Structure Ground Social Structure? The Case of the Radical Enlightenment
Cross-culturally two widely observed forms of social structure are individualism (open societies) and ascribed hierarchies (closed societies). Associated with these two types of social structure are a wide range of recurrent concomitant features. It is proposed that these two forms of social structu...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
[2020]
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Journal of cognition and culture
Jahr: 2020, Band: 20, Heft: 3/4, Seiten: 317-337 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Kognitive Orientierung
/ Sozialstruktur
/ Aufklärung
/ Soziokultureller Wandel
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus AE Religionspsychologie VA Philosophie ZB Soziologie ZD Psychologie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Social status
B folk-biology B social mobility B Enlightenment B MODULARITY B folk-physics |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Cross-culturally two widely observed forms of social structure are individualism (open societies) and ascribed hierarchies (closed societies). Associated with these two types of social structure are a wide range of recurrent concomitant features. It is proposed that these two forms of social structure are common, in part, because they are associated with modular forms of understanding that lend intuitive support to them. In particular, it is proposed that individualistic open societies are associated with a folk-physics mode of construal whereas closed societies are associated with a folk-biological mode of construal. These distinctions are illustrated with the European Enlightenment as a hypothesized transition from closed to open societies. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5373 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of cognition and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12340087 |