Bøker av Jesper Sørensen

Identifying particular cultural immune systems, notably ritual, law, and education, Sorensen argues that these actively align participants with the predominant cultural style of a social group, and regulate interaction at different levels of social complexity.

Presents a theory of magical actions based on an array of findings in the cognitive sciences. This book argues that focusing on the underlying cognitive processes not only explains why magical rituals look the way they do, it also supplies insights into the role of magic in the formation of institutionalised religion.