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Human Nature: Fact and Fiction - Couverture souple

Headlam Wells, Robin

 
9780826485465: Human Nature: Fact and Fiction
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0826485464 ISBN 13 : 9780826485465
Editeur : Continuum, 2006

Synopsis

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<p align=left><font face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1>Human Nature: Fact and Fiction brings together a collection of inspiring, thought-provoking and original perspectives on human nature by ten leading writers, scientists and academics. </font>


<p align=left><font face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1>What do we mean by human nature"? Is there a genetically determined core of humanity that unites us all as members of a single species? Or is the thing we call human nature a social construct? And how do we explain the mystery of human creativity? Do great writers have an intuitive grasp of what makes human beings tick, or are they merely the mouthpiece of contemporary culture?</font>


<p align=left><font face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1>It has been claimed that "the greatest enterprise of the mind has always been and always will be the attempted linkage of the sciences and humanities" (Edward O. Wilson). This groundbreaking book marks the beginning of a new dialogue between the two. Rather than focusing on the division between them, it shows that the sciences and humanities have much to learn from each other. Points of disagreement remain. Yet there is in this volume a genuine attempt to bridge the gulf that has traditionally separated the sciences and humanities and to reach a better understanding of what it means to be human.</font>

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À propos de l'auteur

Robin Headlam Wells is Emeritus Professor of Renaissance Literature at Roehampton University, London. His publications include Elizabethan Mythologies (Cambridge University Press, 1994), Shakespeare on Masculinity (Cambridge University Press, 2000), and Shakespeare's Humanism (Cambridge University Press, 2005).

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Éditeur
Continuum
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0826485464
ISBN 13 
9780826485465
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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