Towards a Standard Model of the Cognitive Science of Nationalism – the Calendar
Abstract The Cognitive Science of Nationalistic Behavior ( CSNB ), presented in this paper, integrates the political sciences of nationalities as invented communities with an evolutionary cognitive analysis of social forms as products of the human mind. The framework is modeled after the Cognitive S...
| Published in: | Journal of cognition and culture |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 20, Issue: 5, Pages: 432-457 |
| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AE Psychology of religion ZC Politics in general ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
cultural attractors
B Nationalism B Essentialism B Calendar B evolution of cognition B cognitive science of religion |
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| Summary: | Abstract The Cognitive Science of Nationalistic Behavior ( CSNB ), presented in this paper, integrates the political sciences of nationalities as invented communities with an evolutionary cognitive analysis of social forms as products of the human mind. The framework is modeled after the Cognitive Science of Religion, where decades of cross-disciplinary work has generated standards, predictions, and data about the role of individual cognitive tendencies in shaping societies. We study the nationalistic calendar as a cultural attractor and draw on cue-based behavioral motivation and differential autobiographical memory systems to explain its appeal to the human mind. Calendrical elements are analyzed in the context of essentialist thought patterns and action representation systems. We conclude with the implications of calendrical thinking on the control of elites who aim to forge and reinforce national identities. This paper lays the groundwork for applying a similar approach to the study of other nationalistic elements. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5373 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of cognition and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12340092 |