The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Autor Joseph Henrichen Limba Engleză Paperback – sep 2021
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 areWEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic.
Unlike most who have ever lived,WEIRDpeople 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
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141976211
ISBN-10: 0141976217
Pagini: 704
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141976217
Pagini: 704
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Joseph
Henrichis
an
award-winning
anthropologist,
and
a
professor
and
chair
of
the
Department
of
Human
Evolutionary
Biology
at
Harvard
University.
He
is
the
author
ofThe
Secret
of
our
Success.
He
lives
in
Massachusetts.
Recenzii
A
masterpiece.
Staggering
in
range,
intricate
in
detail,
thrilling
in
ambition,
this
book
isa
landmark
in
social
thought.
Henrich
may
go
down
asthe
most
influential
social
scientistof
the
first
half
of
the
twenty-first
century.
Illuminatesa journey into human nature that is more exciting, more complex and ultimately more consequentialthan has previously been suspected.
A massively ambitious work that explains the transition to the modern world ...Significantly contributes to our understanding
Engagingly written, excellently organized and meticulously argued. . . This is an extraordinarily ambitious book, along the lines of Jared Diamond'sGuns, Germs and Steel... We will all have to change our perspective.
The mostabsorbing, provocative and compellingbook I have read in a long time. Joseph Henrich's thrilling exposé of cultural variety and evolution is grounded in meticulous science, and his argumentsgo beyond the milestone of Jared Diamond'sGuns, Germs and Steel.You will never look again in the same way at your own seemingly universal values.
Phenomenal... The only theory I am aware of that attempts to explain broad patterns of human psychology on a global scale.
This anthropology-meets-big-data approach is not merely innovative, but underpins a fascinating and creative book, brimming with provocative ideas.
There's nothing sofascinatingas a social anthropologist's analysis of his own tribe. Henrich shows how strange and exceptional Western society is when compared with most of the world
Henrich has thought more deeply about cultural evolution than anybody alive. His fascinating insights into just how weird people like he and I are, with our western lifestyles, and what the implications of that are for better and for worse, are a great contribution to scholarship.
Propelled by a bold vision, this landmark study is required readingfor anyone curious about the origins of modernity
Henrich and his colleagues areshaking the foundations of psychology and economics -and hoping to change the way social scientists think about human behaviour and culture.
[A] sweeping and magisterial book, likely to become as foundational to cultural psychology as the WEIRD acronym [Henrich] and his colleagues coined a decade ago.
Joseph Henrich'sThe WEIRDest People in the World. . . makes for stunning reading. (It is also written with such wit and humor, and luminous clarity.) Probably an understatement to say that it is one of the most important books of the year.
One of the most interesting books I've read this year.
A brilliant performance - accessible, playful and scholarly, turning conventional history on its head and approaching it in a new way.
Illuminatesa journey into human nature that is more exciting, more complex and ultimately more consequentialthan has previously been suspected.
A massively ambitious work that explains the transition to the modern world ...Significantly contributes to our understanding
Engagingly written, excellently organized and meticulously argued. . . This is an extraordinarily ambitious book, along the lines of Jared Diamond'sGuns, Germs and Steel... We will all have to change our perspective.
The mostabsorbing, provocative and compellingbook I have read in a long time. Joseph Henrich's thrilling exposé of cultural variety and evolution is grounded in meticulous science, and his argumentsgo beyond the milestone of Jared Diamond'sGuns, Germs and Steel.You will never look again in the same way at your own seemingly universal values.
Phenomenal... The only theory I am aware of that attempts to explain broad patterns of human psychology on a global scale.
This anthropology-meets-big-data approach is not merely innovative, but underpins a fascinating and creative book, brimming with provocative ideas.
There's nothing sofascinatingas a social anthropologist's analysis of his own tribe. Henrich shows how strange and exceptional Western society is when compared with most of the world
Henrich has thought more deeply about cultural evolution than anybody alive. His fascinating insights into just how weird people like he and I are, with our western lifestyles, and what the implications of that are for better and for worse, are a great contribution to scholarship.
Propelled by a bold vision, this landmark study is required readingfor anyone curious about the origins of modernity
Henrich and his colleagues areshaking the foundations of psychology and economics -and hoping to change the way social scientists think about human behaviour and culture.
[A] sweeping and magisterial book, likely to become as foundational to cultural psychology as the WEIRD acronym [Henrich] and his colleagues coined a decade ago.
Joseph Henrich'sThe WEIRDest People in the World. . . makes for stunning reading. (It is also written with such wit and humor, and luminous clarity.) Probably an understatement to say that it is one of the most important books of the year.
One of the most interesting books I've read this year.
A brilliant performance - accessible, playful and scholarly, turning conventional history on its head and approaching it in a new way.