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Becoming Human - A Theory of Ontogeny (Paperback)
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Becoming Human - A Theory of Ontogeny (Paperback)
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Loot Price R582
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Winner of the William James Book Award Winner of the Eleanor
Maccoby Book Award “A landmark in our understanding of human
development.” —Paul Harris, author of Trusting What You’re
Told “Magisterial…Makes an impressive argument that most
distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that
the general chronology in which these traits appear can…be
identified.” —Wall Street Journal Virtually all theories of how
humans have become such a distinctive species focus on evolution.
Becoming Human looks instead to development and reveals how those
things that make us unique are constructed during the first seven
years of a child’s life. In this groundbreaking work, Michael
Tomasello draws from three decades of experimental research with
chimpanzees, bonobos, and children to propose a new framework for
psychological growth between birth and seven years of age. He
identifies eight pathways that differentiate humans from their
primate relatives: social cognition, communication, cultural
learning, cooperative thinking, collaboration, prosociality, social
norms, and moral identity. In each of these, great apes possess
rudimentary abilities, but the maturation of humans’ evolved
capacities for shared intentionality transform these abilities into
uniquely human cognition and sociality. “How does human
psychological growth run in the first seven years, in particular
how does it instill ‘culture’ in us? …Most of all, how does
the capacity for shared intentionality and self-regulation evolve
in people? This is a very thoughtful and also important book.”
—Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution “Theoretically daring and
experimentally ingenious, Becoming Human squarely tackles the
abiding question of what makes us human.” —Susan Gelman
“Destined to become a classic. Anyone who is interested in
cognitive science, child development, human evolution, or
comparative psychology should read this book.” —Andrew Meltzoff
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Michael Tomasello
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
392 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-24828-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-674-24828-7 |
Barcode: |
9780674248281 |
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