Overview
- Reveals the seven greatest errors in the way we view our own species
- Revisits the Naked Ape employing latest ideas from evolutionary biology, philosophy, and neurobiology
- Carries implications for a new image of humanity
- Shines a multidisciplinary spotlight on critical social, political and moral issues
- Written by leading international experts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Frontiers Collection (FRONTCOLL)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Introduction
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Humans Are Exceptional
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We Are Independent of Our Sociobiological Roots
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The Biological Imperative Doesn’t Matter to Us
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The Past Doesn’t Echo in Our Heads
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Moral, Religion and Culture Are Social Constructions
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ulrich Frey (philosophy), Charlotte Störmer and Kai Willführ (biology) work in an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Giessen, applying evolutionary theory to a broad range of fields. The following authors contributed to the chapters of this book: Kurt Bayertz, Athanasios Chasiotis, Robin Dunbar, Harald A. Euler, Detlef Fetchenhauer, Julia Fischer, Bernulf Kanitscheider, Chris Knight, Virpi Lummaa, Amy R. Parish, Julia Pradel, Gerhard Roth, Wulf Schiefenhövel, Rebecca Sear, Volker Sommer and Gerhard Vollmer.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions
Editors: Ulrich J. Frey, Charlotte Störmer, Kai P. Willführ
Series Title: The Frontiers Collection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12142-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-12141-8Published: 14 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43952-0Published: 14 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-12142-5Published: 24 August 2010
Series ISSN: 1612-3018
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6619
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 291
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Epistemology, Anthropology, Popular Science in Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Sociology, general