E. Fuller Torrey

Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods

Early Humans and the Origins of Religion

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Produktbeschreibung

E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 141mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9780231183376
• ISBN-10: 0231183372
• Artikelnr.: 54797277

Autorenporträt

E. Fuller Torrey

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Brain, Home of the Gods
Part 1. The Making of the Gods
1. Homo habilis: A Smarter Self
2. Homo erectus: An Aware Self
3. Archaic Homo sapiens (Neandertals): An Empathic Self
4. Early Homo sapiens: An Introspective Self
5. Modern Homo sapiens: A Temporal Self
Part 2. The Emergence of the Gods
6. Ancestors and Agriculture: A Spiritual Self
7. Governments and Gods: A Theistic Self
8. Other Theories of the Origins Of Gods
Appendix A: The Evolution of the Brain
Appendix B: Dreams as Proof of the Existence of a Spirit World and Land of
the Dead
Notes
Index