Do We Need to Be So Screwed Up?!: A New Evolutionary Perspective on Happiness - Couverture souple

Pryce, Suki

 
9781846946639: Do We Need to Be So Screwed Up?!: A New Evolutionary Perspective on Happiness
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1846946638 ISBN 13 : 9781846946639
Editeur : John Hunt Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Modern life is full of problems - in individuals and in society too. Increasingly we see damaged and disturbed children, mental health problems, addictions of many kinds, antisocial behaviour, and crime, violence and war. So it seems sensible to ask: does life have to be this way? Was it always like this for human beings? We've been around for maybe as much as two million years: surely we didn't evolve to live such difficult and dysfunctional lives? Do We Need To Be So Screwed-Up?! sets out to discover the answer to this question - and finds plentiful evidence to show that, on the contrary, human beings evolved to be naturally egalitarian, cooperative, and peaceful. Indeed, for over 95% of our history - until about 10,000 years ago - that is how we were: kind, cheerful and happy! This is a paradigm-busting re-evaluation of human nature and our potential for happiness.

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À propos de l?auteur

Suki Pryce BSc, MPhil, is a former university lecturer with a life-long interest in indigenous peoples, mind body spirit matters, and what simpler cultures have to teach us today.

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Éditeur
John Hunt Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1846946638
ISBN 13 
9781846946639
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
268
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Personne responsable
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