书目

The Origins of Creativity

  • 作者 Edward O. Wilson作者
  • 出版社 Liveright
  • 出版时间 2017年10月
  • ISBN 1631493183 或 9781631493188
  • 定价 187.00

内容简介

Aneloquentexplorationofcreativity,TheOriginsofCreativitygrappleswiththequestionofhowthisuniquelyhumanexpression―socentraltoouridentityasindividualsand,collectively,asaspecies―cameaboutandhowithasmanifesteditselfthroughoutthehistoryofourspecies.Inthisprofoundandlyricalbook,oneofourmostcelebratedbiologistsoffersasweepingexaminationoftherelationshipbetweenthehumanitiesandthesciences:whattheyoffertoeachother,howtheycanbeunited,andwheretheystillfallshort.Bothendeavours,EdwardO.Wilsonreveals,havetheirrootsinhumancreativity―thedefiningtraitofourspecies.Reflectingonthedeepestoriginsoflanguage,storytelling,andart,Wilsondemonstrateshowcreativitybegannottenthousandyearsago,aswehavelongassumed,butoveronehundredthousandyearsagointhePaleolithicage.Chroniclingthisevolutionofcreativityfromprimateancestorstohumans,TheOriginsofCreativityshowshowthehumanities,spurredonbytheinventionoflanguage,haveplayedalargelyunexaminedroleindefiningourspecies.Andindoingso,Wilsonexploreswhatwecanlearnabouthumannaturefromasurprisingrangeofcreativeendeavors―theinstincttocreategardens,theuseofmetaphorsandironyinspeech,andthepowerofmusicandsong.Ourachievementsinscienceandthehumanities,Wilsonnotes,makeusuniquelyadvancedasaspecies,butalsogiveusthepotentialtobesupremelydangerous,mostworryinglyinourabuseoftheplanet.Thehumanitiesinparticularsufferfromakindofanthropomorphism,encumberedbyabeliefthatwearetheonlyspeciesamongmillionsthatseemtomatter,yetWilsonoptimisticallyrevealshowresearcherswillhavetoaddressthisparloussituationbypushingfurtherintotherealmofscience,especiallyfieldssuchasevolutionarybiology,neuroscience,andanthropology.Witheloquenceandhumanity,Wilsoncallsforatransformational"ThirdEnlightenment,"inwhichtheblendingoftheseendeavorswillgiveusadeeperunderstandingofthehumanconditionandourcrucialrelationshipwiththenaturalworld.6illustrations

作者简介

EdwardO.Wilsoniswidelyrecognizedasoneoftheworld’spreeminentbiologistsandnaturalists.Theauthorofmorethanthirtybooks,includingTheSocialConquestofEarth,TheMeaningofHumanExistence,andLetterstoaYoungScientist,WilsonisaprofessoremeritusatHarvardUniversity.ThewinneroftwoPulitzerPrizes,heliveswithhiswife,IreneWilson,inLexington,Massachusetts.

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