{"product_id":"the-native-mind-and-the-cultural-construction-of-nature-paperback","title":"The Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Atran\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDouglas L. Medin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn analysis of the cognitive consequences of diminished contact with nature examines the relationship between how people think about the natural world and how they act on it, and how these are affected by cultural differences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurveys show that our growing concern over protecting the environment is accompanied by a diminishing sense of human contact with nature. Many people have little commonsense knowledge about nature--are unable, for example, to identify local plants and trees or describe how these plants and animals interact. Researchers report dwindling knowledge of nature even in smaller, nonindustrialized societies. In \u003ci\u003eThe Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, Scott Atran and Douglas Medin trace the cognitive consequences of this loss of knowledge. Drawing on nearly two decades of cross-cultural and developmental research, they examine the relationship between how people think about the natural world and how they act on it and how these are affected by cultural differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese studies, which involve a series of targeted comparisons among cultural groups living in the same environment and engaged in the same activities, reveal critical universal aspects of mind as well as equally critical cultural differences. Atran and Medin find that, despite a base of universal processes, the cultural differences in understandings of nature are associated with significant differences in environmental decision making as well as intergroup conflict and stereotyping stemming from these differences. The book includes two intensive case studies, one focusing on agro-forestry among Maya Indians and Spanish speakers in Mexico and Guatemala and the other on resource conflict between Native-American and European-American fishermen in Wisconsin. \u003ci\u003eThe Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e offers new perspectives on general theories of human categorization, reasoning, decision making, and cognitive development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Atran is Research Director in Anthropology at France's National Center for Scientific Research and Visiting Professor of Psychology and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. He is the coeditor, with Douglas Medin, of \u003ci\u003eFolkbiology\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press, 1999). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDouglas L. Medin is Louis W. Menk Professor of Psychology and Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of \u003ci\u003eFolkbiology\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the MIT Press.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 342\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.7 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45324176326735,"sku":"9780262514088","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/pWttCoDyYw9780262514088.webp?v=1779987355","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/the-native-mind-and-the-cultural-construction-of-nature-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}