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Correlative Worldviews: A Cognitive Perspective on Premodern Cosmologies in South Asia and Europe(Routledge Studies in Religion)

Correlative Worldviews: A Cognitive Perspective on Premodern Cosmologies in South Asia and Europe(Routledge Studies in Religion)


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This book explores the topic of correlative worldviews from a comparative and cognitive perspective. Correlative worldviews are premodern cosmologies that posit linkages between different planes of existence, e.g. between the elements of the body and of the cosmos. Unlike the correlations of modern science, such linkages are not primarily causal in nature but are based on perceived resemblance and notions of mystical linkages or sympathies. Whilst correlative worldviews are known from a number of premodern civilizations, this study focuses on two geographic-cultural areas: Early/Medieval South Asia and premodern Europe from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Both areas have seen the rise and decline of correlative systems of thought throughout the centuries and thus provide fertile ground for a comparative study. The author establishes points of correspondence between the correlative worldviews of these areas then explains them in light of cognitive science. The argument is that panhuman cognitive mechanisms can better account for commonalities than other theories (diffusion, borrowing, etc.) and these same mechanisms may explain the worldwide occurrence of correlative worldviews. The book is relevant to scholars and advanced students in religious studies, particularly those with an interest in the cognitive science of religion and the relationship between cognition and culture.



Table of Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Categorization and cognition: how correlations are made 3. Classifying space: cosmology and correlative thought 4. Microcosmos: the body as the world 5. Soul and cosmos 6. General conclusion



About the Author :

Per-Johan Norelius is an associate professor of History of Religions in the Department of Theology at Uppsala University, Sweden.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781040974513
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Cognitive Perspective on Premodern Cosmologies in South Asia and Europe
  • ISBN-10: 1040974511
  • Publisher Date: 07 Sep 2026
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Series Title: Routledge Studies in Religion


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