The book reveals a strong humanist heritage which renders Darwin¿s theory of song and poetic language far more nuanced and interesting than a monolithic ¿singing for sex¿ hypothesis.
The book reveals a strong humanist heritage which renders Darwin¿s theory of song and poetic language far more nuanced and interesting than a monolithic ¿singing for sex¿ hypothesis.
Winfried Menninghaus is Director of the Department of Language and Literature at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (Frankfurt) and Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. His empirical, evolutionary, and philosophical work on aesthetics has a special focus on the nature and the emotional effects of poetic language.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Competitive Courtship and Aesthetic Judgment/Choice: Darwin¿s Model of the Arts 2. The Arts as Promoters of Social Cooperation and Cohesion 3. Engagement in the Arts as Ontogenetic Self-(Trans-)Formation 4. A Cooptation Model of the Evolution of the Human Arts: The Special Role of Play Behavior, Technology, and Symbolic Cognition Bibliography Index
Introduction 1. Competitive Courtship and Aesthetic Judgment/Choice: Darwin¿s Model of the Arts 2. The Arts as Promoters of Social Cooperation and Cohesion 3. Engagement in the Arts as Ontogenetic Self-(Trans-)Formation 4. A Cooptation Model of the Evolution of the Human Arts: The Special Role of Play Behavior, Technology, and Symbolic Cognition Bibliography Index
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