The WEIRDest people in the world how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous
"Harvard University's Joseph Henrich, Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, delivers a bold, epic investigation into the development of the Western mind, global psychological diversity, and its impact on the world"-- Perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educat...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- WEIRD psychology
- Making a cultural species
- Clans, states, and why you can't get here from there
- The gods are watching, behave!
- WEIRD families
- Psychological differences, families, and the church
- Europe and Asia
- WEIRD monogamy
- Of commerce and cooperation
- Domesticating the competition
- Market mentalities
- Law, science, and religion
- Escape velocity
- The dark matter of history.
