Wired for culture : origins of the human social mind
| 1. Verfasser: |
Pagel, Mark D.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York :
W.W. Norton,
2012.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Umfang/Format: |
xi, 416 pages ; 25 cm. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction : the gamble
- pt. 1. Mind control, protection, and prosperity. The occupation of the world ; Ultra-sociality and the cultural survival vehicle ; The domestication of our talents ; Religion and other cultural "enhancers"
- pt. 2. Cooperation and our cultural nature. Reciprocity and the shadow of the future ; Green beards and the reputation marketplace ; Hostile forces
- pt. 3. The theatre of the mind. Human language - the voice of our genes ; Deception, consciousness, and truth
- pt. 4. The many and the few. Termite mounds and the exploitation of our social instincts.
