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Evolutionary Perspectives on Imaginative Culture (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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Evolutionary Perspectives on Imaginative Culture (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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This pioneering volume offers an expansive introduction to the
relatively new field of evolutionary studies in imaginative
culture. Contributors from psychology, neuroscience, anthropology,
and the humanities probe the evolved human imagination and its
artefacts. The book forcefully demonstrates that imagination is
part of human nature. Contributors explore imaginative culture in
seven main areas: Imagination: Evolution, Mechanisms and Functions
Myth and Religion Aesthetic Theory Music Visual and Plastic Arts
Video Games and Films Oral Narratives and Literature Evolutionary
Perspectives on Imaginative Culture widens the scope of
evolutionary cultural theory to include much of what "culture"
means in common usage. The contributors aim to convince scholars in
both the humanities and the evolutionary human sciences that
biology and imaginative culture are intimately intertwined. The
contributors illuminate this broad theoretical argument with
comprehensive insights into religion, ideology, personal identity,
and many particular works of art, music, literature, film, and
digital media. The chapters "Imagination, the Brain's Default Mode
Network, and Imaginative Verbal Artifacts" and "The Role of
Aesthetic Style in Alleviating Anxiety About the Future" are
licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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