Understanding Cultural Traits: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Cultural Diversity

Book Overview

Cultural Traits and Multidisciplinary Dialogue; Fabrizio Panebianco and Emanuele Serrelli.- Understanding Cultural Diversity. Culture Traits and Cultural Changes between Global and Local Scales; Vincenzo Matera.- Culture Traits and Identity; Ugo E.M. Fabietta.- The Diffusion of a Museum Exhibit: The Case of the Transparent Man; Elena Canadelli.- The ''Incompetent Subject' in the Kingdom of Technical Terms. A Possible Role of Pedagogy in the Study of Cultural Traits; Rossana Brambilla.- Chapter 6. Ihe Unary Trait of Psychoanalysis. Identification, Transmission, Generation; Matteo Bonazzi.- Cultural Diversities Across and Within Cultures: The Bicultural Mind; Olivia Realdon and Valentino Zurloni.- Birth and Evolution of Jazz as Effects of Cultural Transfers; Stefano Zenni.- Geographical boundaries as Places of Meeting and Diffusion of Cultural Traits; Stefano Malatesta, Marcella Schmidt di Friedberg and Enrico Squarcina.- Maps, Diagrams and Charts: Making the Cultural Trait Visibe; Fulvio Carmagnola.- Evolutionary Genetics and Cultural Traits in a 'Body of Theory' Perspective; Emanuele Serrelli.- Cultural Traits in Economic Theory; Fabrizio Panebianco.- International Cooperation and Cultural Transmission; Isa Gama.- Rethinking Organizational Culture: The Role of Generational Subcultures; Alessandra Lazazzara.- From Material Remains to Culture: The Possibilities and Limits of Archaeology in Reconstructing Ancient People; Viviana Ardesa.- Homology and Phylogenetic Inference in Biological and Material Cultural Evolution; Ilya T?mkin.- On the Origin of Technologies: The Invention and Evolution of the Bow-and-Arrow; Giuseppe Carignani.- Trees, Languages and Genes: A Historical Path; Federica Da Milano and Nicoletta Puddu.- Signaling in Style: On Cooperation, Identity and the Origins of Visual Art; Larissa Mendoza Straffon.- Aesthetic Preferences: An Evolutionary Approach; Lorenzo Bartalesi and Mariagrazia Portera.- Nothing but Survival: On the Origin and Function of Literature; Mario Barenghi.- Removing Barriers in Scientific Research: Concepts, Synthesis and Catalysis; Emanuele Serrelli.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319796089
• ISBN13: 9783319796086
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"