How we became human : mimetic theory and the science of evolutionary origins / edited by Pierpaolo Antonello and Paul Gifford.

Other author Antonello, Pierpaolo, editor.
Other author Gifford, Paul, editor.
Format Book
PublicationEast Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2015]
Copyright Date©2015
Descriptionliii, 351 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in violence, mimesis, and culture
Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture. ^A766053
Contents Coevolution and mimesis / William H. Durham -- Genes and mimesis : structural patterns in Darwinism and mimetic theory / Paul Dumouchel -- Maladaptation, counterintuitiveness and symbolism : the challenge of mimetic theory to evolutionary thinking / Pierpaolo Antonello -- Convergence between mimetic theory and imitation research / Scott Garrels -- The deepest principle of life : neurobiology and the psychology of desire / William B. Hurlbut -- The three Rs : retaliation, revenge, and (especially) redirected aggression / David P. Barash -- Violent origins : mimetic rivalry in Darwinian evolution / Melvin Konner -- Mechanisms of internal cohesion : scapegoating and parochial altruism / Zoey Reeve -- A mediatory theory of hominization / Giuseppe Fornari -- Animal scapegoating at Çatalhöyük / René Girard -- Self-transcendence and tangled hierarchies in Çatalhöyük / Jean-Pierre Dupuy -- Rethinking the Neolithic revolution : symbolism and sacrifice at Göbekli Tepe / Paul Gifford and Pierpaolo Antonello -- Intrinsic or situated religiousness : a Girardian solution / Warren S. Brown, James Van Slyke, and Scott Garrels -- Homo religiosus in mimetic perspective : an evolutionary dialogue / Paul Gifford.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
ISBN9781611861730 pbk. alk. paper
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