Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny by Michael Tomasello (English) Paperback Bo

Description: Becoming Human by Michael Tomasello Winner of the William James Book AwardWinner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award"A landmark in our understanding of human development."-Paul Harris, author of Trusting What Youre Told"Magisterial Makes an impressive argument that most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general chronology in which these traits appear can be identified."-Wall Street JournalVirtually all theories of how humans have become such a distinctive species focus on evolution. Becoming Human looks instead to development and reveals how those things that make us unique are constructed during the first seven years of a childs life.In this groundbreaking work, Michael Tomasello draws from three decades of experimental research with chimpanzees, bonobos, and children to propose a new framework for psychological growth between birth and seven years of age. He identifies eight pathways that differentiate humans from their primate relatives: social cognition, communication, cultural learning, cooperative thinking, collaboration, prosociality, social norms, and moral identity. In each of these, great apes possess rudimentary abilities, but the maturation of humans evolved capacities for shared intentionality transform these abilities into uniquely human cognition and sociality."How does human psychological growth run in the first seven years, in particular how does it instill culture in us? Most of all, how does the capacity for shared intentionality and self-regulation evolve in people? This is a very thoughtful and also important book."-Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"Theoretically daring and experimentally ingenious, Becoming Human squarely tackles the abiding question of what makes us human."-Susan Gelman"Destined to become a classic. Anyone who is interested in cognitive science, child development, human evolution, or comparative psychology should read this book."-Andrew Meltzoff FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Michael Tomasello is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. From 1998 to 2018 he was Co-Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and in 2017 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His scientific work has been recognized by institutions around the world, including the Guggenheim Foundation, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Netherlands, and the German National Academy of Sciences. Review Magisterial—merging primatology, developmental psychology, cognitive psychology and evolution…Makes an impressive argument that most distinctly human traits are established early in childhood and that the general chronology in which these traits appear can at least—and at last—be identified. -- David P. Barash * Wall Street Journal *How does human psychological growth run in the first seven years, in particular how does it instill culture in us? Tomasello addresses this question…by comparing us to chimpanzees and bonobos. Most of all, how does the capacity for shared intentionality and self-regulation evolve in people? This is a very thoughtful and also important book. -- Tyler Cowen * Marginal Revolution *An empirically rich view of human uniqueness that is not only informed by developmental psychology but also by cross-cultural and comparative research. Becoming Human is a theory of human origins, but it is first and foremost an attempt to understand the constant unfolding of our nature. -- Ivan GonzalezCabrera * History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences *No philosophical question is older than What are we, we humans? Michael Tomasello contributes a splendid, empirically based answer to this hoary debate in Becoming Human. -- Benjamin Gregg * International Dialogue *Theoretically daring, experimentally ingenious, and astonishingly generative, Becoming Human squarely tackles the abiding question of what makes us human. -- Susan Gelman, University of MichiganThis grand synthesis of three decades of collaborative research at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig is a landmark in our understanding of human development. -- Paul Harris, Harvard UniversityBecoming Human is destined to become a classic. Anyone who is interested in cognitive science, child development, human evolution, or comparative psychology should read this book. It surely would have provoked a letter from Darwin—an intellectual ancestor, along with Vygotsky, of this scientific masterpiece. -- Andrew Meltzoff, University of WashingtonThis is a must-read from a thinker who has had a major hand in our current understanding of the genealogy of human uniqueness and character. -- Henry Wellman, University of Michigan Review Quote Theoretically daring, experimentally ingenious, and astonishingly generative, Becoming Human squarely tackles the abiding question of what makes us human. Details ISBN0674248287 Publisher Harvard University Press ISBN-10 0674248287 ISBN-13 9780674248281 Format Paperback Author Michael Tomasello Pages 392 Short Title Becoming Human Language English Subtitle A Theory of Ontogeny DEWEY 155 Year 2021 Country of Publication United States Illustrations 24 illus., 1 table NZ Release Date 2021-01-19 US Release Date 2021-01-19 Publication Date 2021-01-19 UK Release Date 2021-01-19 Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Imprint Harvard University Press Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-01-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133181274;

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