
Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods
Kurzinformation



inkl. MwSt. Versandinformationen
Artikel zZt. nicht lieferbar
Artikel zZt. nicht lieferbar

Beschreibung
Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, 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. Based on an idea originally proposed by Charles Darwin, Torrey marshals evidence that the emergence of gods was an incidental consequence of several evolutionary factors. Using data ranging from ancient skulls and artifacts to brain imaging, primatology, and child development studies, this book traces how new cognitive abilities gave rise to new behaviors. For instance, autobiographical memory, the ability to project ourselves backward and forward in time, gave Homo sapiens a competitive advantage. However, it also led to comprehension of mortality, spurring belief in an alternative to death. Torrey details the neurobiological sequence that explains why the gods appeared when they did, connecting archaeological findings including clothing, art, farming, and urbanization to cognitive developments. This book does not dismiss belief but rather presents religious belief as an inevitable outcome of brain evolution. Providing clear and accessible explanations of evolutionary neuroscience, Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods will shed new light on the mechanics of our deepest mysteries. von Torrey, E. Fuller
Produktdetails

So garantieren wir Dir zu jeder Zeit Premiumqualität.
Über den Autor
E. Fuller Torrey is associate director for research at the Stanley Medical Research Institute and the founder of the Treatment Advocacy Center. His books include The Roots of Treason: Ezra Pound and the Secret of St. Elizabeths (1984); The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens (2008); Surviving Schizophrenia: A Family Manual, 6th ed. (2013); and American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System (2013).
- Hardcover
- 192 Seiten
- Erschienen 2006
- HarperOne
- Gebunden
- 376 Seiten
- Erschienen 2015
- Springer Spektrum
- hardcover
- 272 Seiten
- Erschienen 2001
- T.& T.Clark Ltd
- paperback
- 287 Seiten
- Erschienen 2023
- Independently published
- Taschenbuch
- 152 Seiten
- Erschienen 2000
- Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- Gebunden
- 576 Seiten
- Erschienen 2016
- Rowohlt Buchverlag
- hardcover
- 212 Seiten
- VWB-Verlag
- hardcover
- 504 Seiten
- Erschienen 2013
- The MIT Press
- Hardcover
- 186 Seiten
- Erschienen 2021
- Wipf and Stock