Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that have permitted us to successfully expand into a vast range of diverse environments. What has enabled us to dominate the globe, more than any other species, while remaining virtually helpless as lone individuals? This book shows that the secret of our success lies not in our innate intelligence, but in our collective brains--on the ability of human groups to socially interconnect and learn from one another over generations.
Drawing insights from lost European explorers, clever chimpanzees, mobile hunter-gatherers, neuroscientific findings, ancient bones, and the human genome, Joseph Henrich demonstrates how our collective brains have propelled our species' genetic evolution and shaped our biology. Our early capacities for learning from others produced many cultural innovations, such as fire, cooking, water containers, plant knowledge, and projectile weapons, which in turn drove the expansion of our brains and altered our physiology, anatomy, and psychology in crucial ways. Later on, some collective brains generated and recombined powerful concepts, such as the lever, wheel, screw, and writing, while also creating the institutions that continue to alter our motivations and perceptions. Henrich shows how our genetics and biology are inextricably interwoven with cultural evolution, and how culture-gene interactions launched our species on an extraordinary evolutionary trajectory.
Tracking clues from our ancient past to the present, The Secret of Our Success explores how the evolution of both our cultural and social natures produce a collective intelligence that explains both our species' immense success and the origins of human uniqueness.
Автор: Henrich, Joseph Название: The Weirdest People in the World ISBN: 1846147964 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846147968 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: 'A landmark in social thought. Henrich may go down as the most influential social scientist of the first half of the twenty-first century' MATTHEW SYED'A brilliant performance - accessible, playful and scholarly, turning conventional history on its head and approaching it in a new way' SIMON SEBAG-MONTEFIORE Do you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? Do you cultivate your unique attributes and goals? If so, perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic. Unlike most who have ever lived, WEIRD people are highly individualistic, nonconformist, analytical and control-oriented.
How did WEIRD populations become so psychologically peculiar? What part did these differences play in our history, and what do they mean for our collective identity? Joseph Henrich, who developed the game-changing concept of WEIRD, uses leading-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics and evolutionary biology to explore how changing family structures, marriage practices and religious beliefs in the Middle Ages shaped the Western mind, laying the foundations for the world we know today. Brilliant, provocative, engaging and surprising, this landmark study will revolutionize your understanding of who - and how - we are now. 'Phenomenal ...
The only theory I am aware of that attempts to explain broad patterns of human psychology on a global scale' Washington Post'You will never look again in the same way at your own seemingly universal values' Uta Frith, Professor of Cognitive Development, University College London
Автор: Hans Henrich Hock, Elena Bashir Название: The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia: A Comprehensive Guide ISBN: 311042715X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110427158 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 333480.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: With nearly a quarter of the world’s population, members of at least five major language families plus several putative language isolates, South Asia is a fascinating arena for linguistic investigations, whether comparative-historical linguistics, studies of language contact and multilingualism, or general linguistic theory. This volume provides a state-of-the-art survey of linguistic research on the languages of South Asia, with contributions by well-known experts. Focus is both on what has been accomplished so far and on what remains unresolved or controversial and hence offers challenges for future research. In addition to covering the languages, their histories, and their genetic classification, as well as phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistics, the volume provides special coverage of contact and convergence, indigenous South Asian grammatical traditions, applications of modern technology to South Asian languages, and South Asian writing systems. An appendix offers a classified listing of major sources and resources, both digital/online and printed.
Автор: Greve Henrich R Название: Adolescent Experiences and Adult Work Outcomes ISBN: 1783505710 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783505715 Издательство: Emerald Рейтинг: Цена: 163970.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This volume contains pioneering work on the relation between adolescent experiences and adult work outcomes. It assembles evidence of the effects of adolescent work experiences on adult work experiences in a single volume highlighting the demand for research on this important topic.
Автор: Hock Hans Henrich Название: Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship ISBN: 311060969X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110609691 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 37130.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? Why is Chaucer's English of the fourteenth century so different from Modern English of the late twentieth century that the two are essentially different languages? Why are Americans and English 'one people divided by a common language'? And how can the language of Chaucer and Modern English - or Modern British and American English - still be called the same language? The present book provides answers to questions like these in a straightforward way, aimed at the non-specialist, with ample illustrations from both familiar and more exotic languages. Most chapters in this new edition have been reworked, with some difficult passages removed, other passages thoroughly rewritten, and several new sections added, e.g. on the regularity of sound change and its importance for general historical-comparative linguistics. Further, the chapter notes and bibliography have all been updated. The content is engaging, focusing on topics and issues that spark student interest. Its goals are broadly pedagogical and the level and presentation are appropriate for interested beginners with little or no background in linguistics. The language coverage for examples goes well beyond what is usual for books of this kind, with a considerable amount of data from various languages of India.
Автор: Hans Henrich Hock, Elena Bashir Название: The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia: A Comprehensive Guide ISBN: 3110423316 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110423310 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Цена: 494640.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough survey of South Asian languages, their histories and genetic classification, their sound systems and linguistic structures. Language contact and convergence, indigenous South Asian grammatical traditions and the fascinating writing systems are also discussed.
