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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221256794
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 506
Size : 153 x 240 mm
And Man created Society

Abel Gerschenfeld (traduit par)
Release date : 19/05/2022
How evolution explains our social constructions.
A groundbreaking essay that familiarizes the reader with the latest scientific research and helps us to go beyond our deeply rooted misconceptions and half-truths to understand the evolution and the mechanisms of human society.
“Why should human society remain a mystery? Why could human societies not be described with the same accuracy and the same pertinence as the rest of nature? “
These are the premises underpinning Pascal Boyer’s thoughts. In this essay, unique in its genre, Boyer sums up the latest research in evolutionary...
“Why should human society remain a mystery? Why could human societies not be described with the same accuracy and the same pertinence as the rest of nature? “
These are the premises underpinning Pascal Boyer’s thoughts. In this essay, unique in its genre, Boyer sums up the latest research in evolutionary biology, genetics and psychology to enlighten us about the foundations of human society and its functioning mechanisms. We finally find answers to some of the great questions like: “Why are there conflicts between groups? Why does religion exist? And can societies be just? “
Breaking free from the constructivist paradigm, And Man created Society reinstates nature on its rightful place in the Humanities as well as in Social Studies.
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EAN : 9782221256794
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 506
Size : 153 x 240 mm
Robert Laffont