{"product_id":"modes-of-thought-in-western-and-non-western-societies-paperback","title":"Modes of Thought in Western and Non-Western Societies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuth Finnegan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobin Horton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs there a basic difference in thinking between Western and non-Western societies? This long-debated yet highly topical problem forms the central question to which distinguished contributors in the fields of psychology, linguistics, history, and sociology and, more particularly, of social anthropology and philosophy, address themselves in this interdisciplinary collec-tion. They are: Barry Barnes, Benjamin N. Colby and Michael Cole, Ruth Finnegan, Ernest Gellner, Robin Horton, J. M. Ita, Hilary Jenkins, Steven Lukes, Nobuhiro Nagashima, S. J. Tambiah, W. H. Whiteley, and Sybil Wolfram. The central ideas of this classic work are reformulated and refined in the various contributions with different possible dichotomies discussed such as: 'traditional\/modern', 'industrial\/non- industrial', or 'scientific\/non-scientific', and 'thinking, ' analyzed in terms of its thought processes, content, logic or social background. The material in the book, which is dedicated to Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard, falls within the general area of the comparative sociology of knowledge, and will thus particularly interest philosophers, social anthropologists, and sociologists. The volume is however conceived in an interdisciplinary spirit and will be of interest to anyone seriously concerned to examine the nature of thinking in our own and other societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Finnegan \u003c\/b\u003eOBE, FBA, Emeritus Professor Open University. Her work has mainly been on oral performance, narrative, the ethnography of music, and communicating (including extra-sensory perception). Her publications include \u003ci\u003eOral Literature in Africa, The Hidden Musicians, Communicating: the Multiple Modes of Human Communication, Why Do We Quote? \u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, the novels \u003ci\u003eBlack Inked Pearl, Voyage of Pearl of the Seas, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Helix Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBorn in Ireland, she now lives in Old Bletchley, southern England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Robin Horton, \u003c\/b\u003eFBA\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eProfessor at the University of Port Harcourt in Rivers State, Nigeria, is an English social anthropologist and philosopher who, in a series of influential works since the 1950s, has challenged and expanded views in the study of religion and anthropology--most notably, his celebrated \u003ci\u003ePatterns of Thought in Africa and the West: Essays on Magic, Religion and Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He has lived in Africa for four decades where he continues to conduct research on African indigenous religions, magic, mythology, and rituals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685884477661,"sku":"9781532617614","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/4ERWTuvdqf9781532617614.webp?v=1774012455","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/modes-of-thought-in-western-and-non-western-societies-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}