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Beyond Human Nature: How Culture and Experience Shape Our Lives (Record no. 7285)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780141019345
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 128.2
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Personal name Prinz, Jesse J.
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245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Beyond Human Nature: How Culture and Experience Shape Our Lives
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Books Ltd;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 31 Jan 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 416 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. We are constantly told that human traits - from aggression to gender differences - are 'hardwired'. In "Beyond Human Nature" Jesse J. Prinz reveals that it is the societies we live in, not our genes, that determine how we think and feel. From why mental illness differs so widely between cultures to how geography influences morals, from our sexual preferences to how we learn languages, he proves that the vast diversity of behaviour is not ingrained. This is a book about humanity's power to transcend nature; and one that, ultimately, celebrates our differences. Jesse J. Prinz is currently a Distinguished Professor of philosophy at the City University of New York and an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he taught until January 2009. He works primarily in the philosophy of psychology and has produced books and articles on emotion, moral psychology, aesthetics and consciousness. "From start to finish this book is a fine, balanced, enormously learned and informative blast on the trumpet of common sense and humane understanding ...wonderful". (Simon Blackburn, "New Statesman"). "The nature versus nurture tussle has been running for centuries, and into this fervid arena steps Jesse J. Prinz ...he explores the origins of knowledge, language, thought and emotion and argues that there is not one human nature, but many". (Carl Wilkinson, "Financial Times"). "Jesse Prinz wants to call a halt to the "century of the gene" ...in a backlash against the tyranny of DNA". ("Sydney Morning Herald").
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Psychology
9 (RLIN) 381062
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Philosophy of mind
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Psychology 30/07/2016 3 4 128.2 PKLC010080 06/10/2019 24/08/2019 30/07/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Psychology 12/05/2016 2 3 128.2 PKLC013568 09/12/2018 25/11/2018 12/05/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17