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Homo sapiens, a localized species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

Jerome Bruner
Jerome Bruner*
Affiliation:
New York University, School of Law, New York, NY10012
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Abstract

Tomasello et al. point up the mutual interdependency of the unique human capacity for intersubjectivity and the evolution and institutionalization of culture. Since both intersubjectivity and cultural cooperation require localized knowledge, Homo sapiens is highly reliant on such knowledge and in that sense is a highly localized species, requiring special means to surmount cultural misreadings and to achieve translocal, or global, interconnection.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 694 - 695
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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