NON HUMAN PRIMATE'S CULTURE AS A CHALLENGE TO SOCIAL SCIENCE

• Authors: Stepien M.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article presents latest findings in cultural primatology. The author calls for incorporating a problem of non human primate's culture, especially chimpanzee's culture, into sociological deliberations. Sociologist mustn't ignore a new scientific discipline concerning culture. He reports a primatologist's understanding of culture and presents fieldwork and experimental researches on that topic. Also he evaluates primatologist's conclusions. The studies about culture in non human primates are presented as a challenge to social science.

Keywords

EN

CHIMPANZEE'S COGNITIVE CAPACITIES.; CHIMPANZEE'S CULTURE; CULTURAL PRIMATOLOGY

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Socjologiczne
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 4(191)
• Pages: 43-66
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Stepien M.

• M. Stepien, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydzial Prawa i Administracji, Katedra Socjologii Prawa, ul. Bracka 12, Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA059425