The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (583 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307908755 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has received numerous prizes, among them the Grawemeyer Award 2014 and the Honda Prize 2010, the Asturias Prize in Science and Technology 2005, and the Nonino 2003, Signoret 2004 and Pessoa 1992 Prizes. He holds Honorary Doctorates from several leading Universities, some shared with his wife Hanna, e.g. the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, 2011 and the Sorbonne Université Paris Descartes, 2015. Damasio has discussed his research and ideas in several books, among them Descartes’ Error, The Feeling ofWhat Happens, Looking for Spinoza and Self Comes to Mind, which are translated and taught in universities worldwide. (For more information go to the Brain and Creativity Institute website at usc/bci/). His work on the role of affect in decision-making has made a major impact in neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. About the AuthorAntonio Damasio is Univ
From one of our preeminent neuroscientists: a landmark reflection on the origins of life, mind, and culture that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding life, culture, and feeling.The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition of regulating life within the range that makes possible not only the survival but also the flourishing of life. Antonio Damasio makes clear that we descend biologically, psychologically, and even socially from a long lineage that begins with single living cells; that our minds and cultures are linked by an invisible thread to the ways and means of ancient unicellular life and other life-forms; and that inherent in the very chemistry of life is a powerful force, a striving toward life maintenance that governs life in all its guises, including the development of genes that help regulate and transmit life. The Strange Order of Things offers us a new way of understanding the world and our place in it.
the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, 2011 and the Sorbonne Université Paris Descartes, 2015. Damasio has discussed his research and ideas in several books, among them Descartes’ Error, The Feeling ofWhat Happens, Looking for Spinoza and Self Comes to Mind, which are tran