Harvey Whitehouse

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:academic
gptkb:anthropologist
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:London_School_of_Economics
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:birthYear 1961
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Maurice_Bloch
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Emma_Cohen
gptkb:Paul_Reddish
gptkb:Martin_Lang
gptkb:James_Laidlaw
Christopher Kavanagh
Dimitris Xygalatas
John Shaver
Jonathan Jong
Joseph Watts
Mark Stanford
Martha Newson
Michael Buhrmester
Michael Muthukrishna
Penny Spikins
Quentin Atkinson
Rita Astuti
Rohan Kapitány
Ryan McKay
Vassilis Saroglou
gptkbp:editor Journal of Cognition and Culture
gptkbp:fellowOf gptkb:British_Academy
gptkbp:field anthropology
ritual studies
cognitive science of religion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harvey Whitehouse
gptkbp:knownFor cognitive science of religion
modes of religiosity theory
research on ritual and memory
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:British_Academy
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableProject Ritual, Community, and Conflict project
Cognitive and Cultural Foundations of Religion project
gptkbp:position Professor of Social Anthropology
gptkbp:publishedWork Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religion
Inside the Cult: Religious Innovation and Transmission in Papua New Guinea
Arguments and Icons: Divergent Modes of Religiosity
gptkbp:researchInterest gptkb:ritual
collective memory
cultural evolution
group cohesion
extreme pro-group behavior
religious transmission
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Oxford
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