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The Meme Machine
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Artikel-Nr:
9780192862129
Veröffentl:
2000
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.03.2000
Seiten:
288
Autor:
Susan Blackmore
Gewicht:
220 g
Format:
198x129x22 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Susan Blackmore, geboren 1951, studierte Psychologie und Physiologie in Oxford und promovierte in Parapsychologie an der Universität von Surrey. Derzeit arbeitet sie als freie Publizistin und Moderatorin u.a. für die BBC und lehrt an der Universität von Bristol. Sie hat maßgebliche Arbeiten zur Theorie des Bewußtseins und zur Evolutionstheorie vorgelegt.
Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication.
Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication.