Converging evidence from disciplines including sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and human biology forces us to adopt a new idea of what it means to be a human. As cherished concepts such as free will, naive realism, humans as creation's crowning glory fall and our moral roots in ape group dynamics become clearer, we have to take leave of many concepts that have been central to defining our humanness. What emerges is a new human, the homo novus, a human being without illusions. Leading authors from many different fields explore these issues by addressing a range of illusions and providing evidence for the need, despite considerable reluctance, to relinquish some of our most cherished ideas about ourselves.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. Kg
ISBN-13
9783642121418
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96848152
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Developmental Psychology
Author
Ulrich J. Frey, Charlotte Stoermer, Kai P. Willfuhr
Publication Name
Homo NOVUS-A Human Without Illusions
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Sociology, Anthropology, Biology
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
291 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
635g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
The Frontiers Collection
Topic
Popular Philosophy, Popular Psychology
Editor
Charlotte Stoermer, Kai P. Willfuhr, Ulrich J. Frey