Radek Kundt, Contemporary Evolutionary Theories of Culture and the Study of Religion (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic), 192 pp. ISBN: 978-1-47423-224-1. $102.60 hbk, ISBN: 978-1-35003-707-6. $39.95 pbk.

Authors

  • Peter Mano Masaryk University, Comenius University, University of Connecticut

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.34140

Keywords:

Cultural evolution, Cognition, Evolution

Abstract

Radek Kundt, Contemporary Evolutionary Theories of Culture and the Study of Religion (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic), 192 pp. ISBN: 978-1-47423-224-1. $102.60 hbk, ISBN: 978-1-35003-707-6. $39.95 pbk.

Author Biography

  • Peter Mano, Masaryk University, Comenius University, University of Connecticut

    Peter Mano, Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut; Department of Social Anthropology, Comenius University; Department for the Study of Religions, Masaryk University

References

Hamilton, W. D. 1964. “The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour”, Parts I & II. Journal of Theoretical Biology 7(1): 1–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5193(64)90038-4

Laland, K. N., and G. R. Brown. 2011. Sense & Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour. Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Trivers, R. 1971. “The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism”. The Quarterly Review of Biology 46(1): 35–57. https://doi.org/10.1086/406755

Wilson, D. S. 2002. Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society. Chicago, IL and London: The University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226901374.001.0001

Wilson, D. S. 2015. Does Altruism Exist? Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others. New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press.

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Published

2018-03-29

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1-2 (2016): Special Issue: Digital Humanities, Cognitive Historiography , and the Study of Religion

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Mano, P. (2018). Radek Kundt, Contemporary Evolutionary Theories of Culture and the Study of Religion (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic), 192 pp. ISBN: 978-1-47423-224-1. $102.60 hbk, ISBN: 978-1-35003-707-6. $39.95 pbk. Journal of Cognitive Historiography, 3(1-2), 222-226. https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.34140

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