2011 y?l?nda ba?layan ve hala devam etmekte olan Suriye ?ç Sava??, birçok insan?n hayat?n? kaybetmesine yerinden edilmesine neden olmu?tur. Türkiye 3,6 milyon Suriyeli s???nmac?ya ev sahipli?i yapmaktad?r. s???nmac?lar?n ülkemize göç etmesiyle birlikte sosyo-kültürel uyumun sa?lanmas? oldukça önemli bir hale gelmi?tir. Göç eden bireyler ile yerel halk?n ayn? dine mensup olmalar?n?n bu uyum süre...

The aim of this speculative paper, rooted in a variety of concepts derived from social anthropology, theology, and the history of religion, is to develop the broad notion of spirituality in terms of what might be called cultural wisdom. This I do alongside a discussion of the human proclivity for meaning-making understood as a process expressed in numerous religious traditions as 'salvation'. T...

Five studies indicate that conceptualizations of power are important elements of culture and serve culturally relevant goals. These studies provide converging evidence that cultures nurture different views of what is desirable and meaningful to do with power. Vertical individualism is associated with a conceptualization of power in personalized terms (i.e., power is for advancing one's personal...

In recent years, laboratory studies of cultural evolution have become increasingly prevalent as a means of identifying and understanding the effects of cultural transmission on the form and functionality of transmitted material. The datasets generated by these studies may provide insights into the conditions encouraging, or inhibiting, high rates of innovation, as well as the effect that this h...