The weirdest people in the world : how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous
Henrich, Joseph Patrick,
The weirdest people in the world : how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous / Joseph Heinrich. - xvii, 680 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
First published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2020]. First published in 2020 in Great Britain by Allen Lane.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-656) and index.
Do you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? Do you cultivate your unique attributes and personal goals? If so, perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic. Unlike most who have ever lived, WEIRD people are highly individualistic, nonconformist, analytical and control-oriented. Joseph Henrich, who developed the game-changing concept of WEIRD, draws on leading-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics and evolutionary biology to explore how changing family structures, marriage practices and religious beliefs since the Middle Ages shaped the Western mind, laying the foundations for the world we know today.
9780141976211
Cognitive psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Social psychology.
Civilization, Western.
Human evolution.
Social interaction.
Europeans--Attitudes.
Americans--Attitudes.
BF201 / .H46 2021
The weirdest people in the world : how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous / Joseph Heinrich. - xvii, 680 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
First published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2020]. First published in 2020 in Great Britain by Allen Lane.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-656) and index.
Do you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? Do you cultivate your unique attributes and personal goals? If so, perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic. Unlike most who have ever lived, WEIRD people are highly individualistic, nonconformist, analytical and control-oriented. Joseph Henrich, who developed the game-changing concept of WEIRD, draws on leading-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics and evolutionary biology to explore how changing family structures, marriage practices and religious beliefs since the Middle Ages shaped the Western mind, laying the foundations for the world we know today.
9780141976211
Cognitive psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Social psychology.
Civilization, Western.
Human evolution.
Social interaction.
Europeans--Attitudes.
Americans--Attitudes.
BF201 / .H46 2021
