In what sense can it be said that people in different cultures 'think differently'?
When it is suggested that a group of people have their own collective way of thinking, they are said to have a different mentality to other groups. Mentalities characterise what is unique about a particular society's beliefs and thought processes, and how these have been transformed over time (1). There are many accounts of the mystical and supernatural nature of thought processes by various groups from around the world, but the notion of a mentality is …
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4.<Tab/>Lewis, Gilbert (1994): Magic, religion and the rationality of belief Pg.563-590 in Companion encyclopaedia of anthropology (London, Routledge)
5.<Tab/>Evans-Pritchard, E.E. (1937): Witchcraft, oracles and magic among the Azande (Oxford, Clarendon Press). Chapter 1 and 2
6.<Tab/>The Azande [Singer, Andre, Disappearing World;1982. Tape No.UMATIC 30]
7.<Tab/>Strange Beliefs [Singer, Andre, Strangers Abroad;1986. Tape No. 024d]
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