{"product_id":"the-emotional-mind-stephen-t-asma-9780674980556","title":"The Emotional Mind: The Affective Roots of Culture and Cognition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracing the leading role of emotions in the evolution of the mind, a philosopher and a psychologist pair up to reveal how thought and culture owe less to our faculty for reason than to our capacity to feel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany accounts of the human mind concentrate on the brain's computational power. Yet, in evolutionary terms, rational cognition emerged only the day before yesterday. For nearly 200 million years before humans developed a capacity to reason, the emotional centers of the brain were hard at work. If we want to properly understand the evolution of the mind, we must explore this more primal capability that we share with other animals: the power to feel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmotions saturate every thought and perception with the weight of feelings. \u003ci\u003eThe Emotional Mind\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that many of the distinctive behaviors and social structures of our species are best discerned through the lens of emotions. Even the roots of so much that makes us uniquely human--art, mythology, religion--can be traced to feelings of caring, longing, fear, loneliness, awe, rage, lust, playfulness, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom prehistoric cave art to the songs of Hank Williams, Stephen T. Asma and Rami Gabriel explore how the evolution of the emotional mind stimulated our species' cultural expression in all its rich variety. Bringing together insights and data from philosophy, biology, anthropology, neuroscience, and psychology, \u003ci\u003eThe Emotional Mind\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new paradigm for understanding what it is that makes us so unique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen T. Asma, Rami Gabriel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674980557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674980556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2019","brand":"Stephen T. Asma","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925572059391,"sku":"9780674980556","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_07365cc4-e904-4e8a-be9c-8e05b068a249.jpg?v=1681078065","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-emotional-mind-stephen-t-asma-9780674980556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}