Evolution and Human Culture: Texts and Contexts - Couverture souple

Tague, Gregory F.

 
9789004305366: Evolution and Human Culture: Texts and Contexts
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 900430536X ISBN 13 : 9789004305366
Editeur : Brill, 2016

Synopsis

Evolution and Human Culture argues that values, beliefs, and practices are expressions of individual and shared moral sentiments. Much of our cultural production stems from what in early hominins was a caring tendency, both the care to share and a self-care to challenge others. Topics cover prehistory, mind, biology, morality, comparative primatology, art, and aesthetics. The book is valuable to students and scholars in the arts, including moral philosophers, who would benefit from reading about scientific developments that impact their fields. For biologists and social scientists the book provides a window into how scientific research contributes to understanding the arts and humanities. The take-home point is that culture does not transcend nature; rather, culture is an evolved moral behavior.

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À propos de l?auteur

Gregory F. Tague is a professor of English at St. Francis College, N.Y. His most recent book is Making Mind: Moral Sense and Consciousness. Other books include Character and Consciousness and Ethos and Behavior.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
900430536X
ISBN 13 
9789004305366
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
174
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Personne responsable
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