{"product_id":"cosmic-coherence-a-cognitive-anthropology-through-chinese-divination-9781800732681","title":"Cosmic Coherence: A Cognitive Anthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tHumans are unique in their ability to create systematic accounts of the world – theories based on guiding cosmological principles. This book is about the role of cognition in creating cosmologies, and explores this through the ethnography and history of \u003cem\u003eYijing\u003c\/em\u003e divination in China. Diviners explain the cosmos in terms of a single substance, \u003cem\u003eqi\u003c\/em\u003e, unfolding across scales of increasing complexity to create natural phenomena and human experience. Combined with an understanding of human cognition, it shows how this conception of scale offers a new way for anthropologists and other social scientists to think about cosmology, comparison and cultural difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“What a piece of work! The book is not only an important contribution to the ethnography of divination in China, but also a long-awaited theoretical work that (re-)places China at the heart of on-going anthropological debates. It brilliantly demonstrates how the anthropology of China can significantly contribute to wider theoretical discussions on the anthropology of ontology and cosmology.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Stéphanie Homola\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on Text\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Getting Our Ontological Assumptions Right\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Deep Ontology: A Fishy Business\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Divining in a Homological Cosmos\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Figurative Thought for a Coherent Cosmology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cosmological Change: Historical Homologism and ‘Chinese Thought’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Scale, Cognition and Cultural Difference\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cosmic Coherence and Correlative Comparison\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Content of the \u003cem\u003eYijing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tGlossary of Key Chinese Terms\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042743288151,"sku":"9781800732681","price":80.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800732681.jpg?v=1750955428","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cosmic-coherence-a-cognitive-anthropology-through-chinese-divination-9781800732681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}