Evolution, Cognition, and Performance

ISBN-13: 9781107091399 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 225 str.

Bruce McConachie

Opis

Bruce McConachie explores the biocultural basis of performance, from the cognitive processes that facilitate it, to what keeps us engaged.

Spis treści

Introduction: toward biocultural performance studies; 1. Enaction, evolution, and performance; 2. Rituals, image schemas, and cultural-cognitive ecosystems; 3. Sociality, emotions, and empathy; 4. The dynamics of making meanings; 5. A Deweyan ethics for performance studies.