The Imagined World Made Real: Towards a Natural Science of Culture

The Imagined World Made Real: Towards a Natural Science of Culture
ISBN-10
081353268X
ISBN-13
9780813532684
Category
Science
Pages
300
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Author
Henry C. Plotkin

Description

The Imagined World Made Real changes this by showing how a grasp of human evolution extends the reach of science. Henry Plotkin recognizes that at the heart of human culture are social constructs, such as justice and money, and that collective beliefs, values, and actions are essential to their formation and maintenance. Only when these constructs are integrated into an accepted biological framework will there be a true synthesis between the social and natural sciences.

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