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Why Humans Like to Cry - Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain (Paperback)
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Why Humans Like to Cry - Tragedy, Evolution, and the Brain (Paperback)
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Loot Price R462
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Human beings are the only species to have evolved the trait of
emotional crying. We weep at tragedies in our lives and in those of
others - remarkably even when they are fictional characters in
film, opera, music, novels, and theatre. Why have we developed art
forms - most powerfully, music - which move us to sadness and
tears? This question forms the backdrop to Michael Trimble's
discussion of emotional crying, its physiology, and its
evolutionary implications. His exploration examines the connections
with other distinctively human features: the development of
language, self-consciousness, religious practices, and empathy.
Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the brain have uncovered unique
human characteristics; mirror neurones, for example, explain why we
unconsciously imitate actions and behaviour. Whereas Nietzsche
argued that artistic tragedy was born with the ancient Greeks,
Trimble places its origins far earlier. His neurophysiological and
evolutionary insights shed fascinating light onto this enigmatic
part of our humanity.
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