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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION: HUMAN SOCIETIES THROUGH THE LENS OF NATURE; SIX PROBLEMS IN SEARCH OF A NEW SCIENCE; ONE: What Is the Root of Group Conflict? Why "Tribalism" Is Not an Urge but a Computation; TWO: What Is Information For? Sound Minds, Odd Beliefs, and the Madness of Crowds; THREE: Why Are There Religions? ... And Why Are They Such a Recent Thing?; FOUR: What Is the Natural Family? From Sex to Kinship to Dominance.
- FIVE: How Can Societies Be Just? How Cooperative Minds Create Fairness and Trade, and the Apparent Conflict between ThemSIX: Can Human Minds Understand Societies? Coordination, Folk Sociology, and Natural Politics; CONCLUSION: COGNITION AND COMMUNICATION CREATE TRADITIONS; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.