The Meme Machine

Blackmore, Susan

ISBN 10: 019286212X / ISBN 13: 9780192862129

Edité par Oxford University Press, 2000

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Synopsis :

Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication.

À propos de l'auteur: Susan Blackmore is a Lecturer in the School of Psychology, University of the West of England. The author of Dying to Live: Science and the Near Death Experience, she resides in Bristol, UK.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Meme Machine
Éditeur : Oxford University Press
Date d'édition : 2000
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket