Wired for culture: the natural history of human cooperation / Mark Pagel

By:

Pagel, Mark

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Penguin Books, 2012. New Delhi:Description: xi, 416 pISBN:

9780141031606

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DDC classification:

303.4 PAG-W

Contents:

part 1 Mind control ,protection and prosperity -- part 2 Cooperation and our cultural nature -- part 3 the theatre of the mind -- part 4 the many and the few

Summary: What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rituals and wrap ourselves in flags? This title reveals how our facility for culture is the key to what makes us who we are.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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part 1 Mind control ,protection and prosperity -- part 2 Cooperation and our cultural nature -- part 3 the theatre of the mind -- part 4 the many and the few

What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rituals and wrap ourselves in flags? This title reveals how our facility for culture is the key to what makes us who we are.

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