Minds make societies: how cognition explains the world humans create
A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies "There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and explained with the same precision and su...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Εκτύπωση Βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
Υπηρεσία παραγγελιών Subito: | Παραγγείλετε τώρα. |
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New Haven London
Yale University Press
[2018]
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Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2018 |
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Κοινωνιολογία
/ Εξελικτική βιολογία
/ Εξελικτική ψυχολογία
B Νόηση |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Cognition and culture
B Social evolution B Cognition B Socialization |
Σύνοψη: | A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies "There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and explained with the same precision and success as the rest of nature." Thus argues evolutionary psychologist Pascal Boyer in this uniquely innovative book. Integrating recent insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and other fields, he offers precise models of why humans engage in social behaviors such as forming families, tribes, and nations, or creating gender roles. In fascinating, thought-provoking passages, he explores questions such as, Why is there conflict between groups? Why do people believe low-value information like rumors? Why are there religions? What is social justice? What explains morality? Boyer provides a new picture of cultural transmission that draws on the pragmatics of human communication, the constructive nature of memory in human brains, and human motivation for group formation and cooperation |
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Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 295-343 |
ISBN: | 0300223455 |