This ambitious, interdisciplinary book seeks to explain the origins of religion using our knowledge of the evolution of cognition.

An illuminating work of religious and cultural anthropology, Talking to the Enemy traces terrorism’s root causes in human evolution and history, touching on the nature of faith, the origins of society, the limits of reason, and the power ...

A riveting, compelling work in the tradition of The Looming Tower and Terror in the Name of God, Talking to the Enemy is required reading for anyone interested in making the world a safer, more secure place for everyone. “Scott Atran is ...

Inspired by a debate between Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget, this work traces the development of natural history from Aristotle to Darwin, and demonstrates how the science of plants and animals has emerged from the common conceptions of ...

An analysis of the cognitive consequences of diminished contact with nature examines the relationship between how people think about the natural world and how they act on it, and how these are affected by cultural differences.

Reconstruction cognitive du développement conceptuel d'une discipline scientifique dont l'anthropologie, la psychologie et les sciences historiques et philosophiques ont gardé la trace.

Alors, pourquoi la religion? Scott Aluni passe en revue toutes les explications - sociologiques, psychologiques, neurologiques, métaphysiques - et montre leurs insuffisances.