Book Review: Gandhi and His Jewish Friends

A review of Margaret Chatterjee\u27s Gandhi and His Jewish Friends

Book Review: Theology After Vedanta: An Experiment in Comparative Theology

A review of Theology After Vedanta: An Experiment in Comparative Theology by Francis X. Clooney

Book Review: Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices

A review of Julius Lipner\u27s Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices

Book Review: The World\u27s Parliament of Religions: The East-West Encounter, Chicago, 1893

A review of The World\u27s Parliament of Religions: The East-West Encounter, Chicago, 1893 by Richard H. Seager

Book Review: The Bairagi Madonna: Leaves from a Calcutta Notebook

A review of The Bairagi Madonna: Leaves from a Calcutta Notebook by A.F. Thompson

From single neurons to social brains

The manufacture of stone tools is an integral part of the human evolutionary trajectory. However, very little research is directed towards the social and cognitive context of the process of manufacture. This article aims to redress this balance by using insights from contemporary neuroscience. Addressing successively more inclusive levels of analysis, we will argue that the relevant unit of analysis when examining the interface between archaeology and neuroscience is not the individual neuron, nor even necessarily the individual brain, but instead the socio-cognitive context in which brains develop and tools are manufactured and used. This context is inextricably linked to the development of unique ontogenetic scheduling, as evidenced by the fossil record of evolving hominin lineages

Book Review: Yoga: India\u27s Philosophy of Meditation

A review of Yoga: India\u27s Philosophy of Meditation edited by Gerald James Larson and Ram Shankar Bhattacharya

Book Review: The Limits of Scripture: Vivekananda\u27s Reinterpretation of the Vedas

A review of Anantanand Rambachan\u27s The Limits of Scripture: Vivekananda\u27s Reinterpretation of the Vedas

Book Review: Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras

A review for Diana Eck\u27s Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras