Social Darwinism and the emergence of scientific study of religion : ends and beginnings of theory in religious studies

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Social Darwinism and the emergence of scientific study of religion : ends and beginnings of theory in religious studies

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Using evolutionary theory to explain cultural phenomena is once again strongly contested. Cognitive Science of Religion maintains that cross-cultural recurrences of religious phenomena might be explained through constraints of cognitive mechanisms of human mind acquired in the process of natural selection. In this fashion the question of origins of religion is being asked and answered again. I will address the differences between contemporary evolutionary perspectives and the evolutionary approaches used in nineteenth century study of religion. Through critical analysis of its premises and lines of argumentation I will also map different usages of today?s evolutionary theory, to what phenomena and to what end they are being applied.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Social Darwinism and the emergence of scientific study of religion : ends and beginnings of theory in religious studies

Popis výsledku anglicky

Using evolutionary theory to explain cultural phenomena is once again strongly contested. Cognitive Science of Religion maintains that cross-cultural recurrences of religious phenomena might be explained through constraints of cognitive mechanisms of human mind acquired in the process of natural selection. In this fashion the question of origins of religion is being asked and answered again. I will address the differences between contemporary evolutionary perspectives and the evolutionary approaches used in nineteenth century study of religion. Through critical analysis of its premises and lines of argumentation I will also map different usages of today?s evolutionary theory, to what phenomena and to what end they are being applied.

Druh

O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

AA - Filosofie a náboženství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EE2.3.20.0048" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0048: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2012

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů