{"product_id":"9783032119179","title":"Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences: Anthropological and Psychological Approaches","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTheory and History in the Human and Social Sciences: Anthropological and Psychological Approaches\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWagner, Wolfgang; Moya, Cristina\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThis Open Access book examines how people often treat social group membership as inherent, immutable, informative and even intergenerationally inherited. Such essentialism remains one of the more puzzling folk intuitions, at odds with social science maintaining that people become culturally competent group members through enculturation, and that norms can change how group boundaries are defined quite substantially. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: #212121;\"\u003eEssentialism also features prominently in much rhetoric that justifies intergroup hostility and in researchers' attempts to explain it. Nonetheless, social scientists have not reached a consensus about essentialism's causal role in intergroup relations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eIn this Open Access book, contributors from a range of perspectives tackle fundamental questions in this field:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eDo humans share a tendency to essentialise groups?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eIf so, where does this tendency come from?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eHow is essentialism expressed in cognition, behavior, and institutions?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWhat are its consequences for cooperation and social conflict?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ePsychologists, cultural anthropologists, and evolutionary biologists weigh in on these questions in this volume, often using specific cultural contexts as case studies to elucidate both the particularities and common patterns in the ways essentialism does, or does not, work in the real world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-05-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032119179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-11918-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 330\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44698815692940,"sku":"9783032119179","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032119179.jpg?v=1779943520","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032119179","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}