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Why We Believe
- Evolution and the Human Way of Being
Engelsk Hardback
Why We Believe
- Evolution and the Human Way of Being
Engelsk Hardback

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A wide-ranging argument by a renowned anthropologist that the capacity to believe is what makes us human   Why are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, and hope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered explanations for centuries, but their accounts often ignore or even avoid human evolution. Evolutionary scientists answer with proposals for why ritual, religion, and faith make sense as adaptations to past challenges or as by-products of our hyper-complex cognitive capacities.   But what if the focus on religion is too narrow? Renowned anthropologist Agustín Fuentes argues that the capacity to be religious is actually a small part of a larger and deeper human capacity to believe. Why believe in religion, economies, love? A fascinating intervention into some of the most common misconceptions about human nature, this book employs evolutionary, neurobiological, and anthropological evidence to argue that belief—the ability to commit passionately and wholeheartedly to an idea—is central to the human way of being in the world.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9780300243994
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0300243995
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
14 jan 2020
Længde:
27mm
Bredde:
218mm
Højde:
150mm
Forlag:
Yale University Press
Oplagsdato:
14 jan 2020
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge