The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures | 誠品線上

事物的奇怪順序: 神經科學大師剖析生命源起、感覺與文化對人類心智發展的影響

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內容簡介 傑出神經科學家達馬吉歐融合理性與感性思路的頂峰！ 國際期刊譽為被引用最多的神經科學家安東尼歐．達馬吉歐在這部最新作品中，反思生命起源、感覺、思想和文化，跨越化學、生物學、心理學、人類學和社會學，提綱挈領地說明了一則關於我們是誰，以及我們的行為的新理論。達馬吉歐長久以來關注人類的情緒與感覺問題，本書以其研究團隊的「恆定狀態」研究成果，為生物學與社會科學建立起連結。研究結論是：感覺是恆定狀態的動力，是生命調節背後的強大原則。嚴格來說，人類的傳奇在很大程度上要歸功於高度發展的大腦皮質，但這個傳奇的本質在許久之前早已萌芽。本書的重要觀點如下：1. 人為何與如何表達情緒、感覺，以及運用感覺建構自我2. 感覺如何成為人類最佳意圖的助力或阻力3. 腦部與身體之間為何與如何互動，才能支撐前述功能這部著作提出令人耳目一新的觀點，將震撼讀者對生命、心智與文化背後機制的概念。本中文書介出自《事物的奇怪順序: 神經科學大師剖析生命源起、感覺與文化對人類心智發展的影響》商周出版“Damasio undertakes nothing less than a reconstruction of the natural history of the universe. . . . A brave and honest book.”—The New York Times Book Review The Strange Order of Things is a pathbreaking investigation into homeostasis, the condition that regulates human physiology within the range that makes possible not only 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 existence and other primitive life-forms; and that inherent in our very chemistry 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 is a landmark reflection that spans the biological and social sciences, offering a new way of understanding the origins of life, feeling, and culture."

作者介紹

作者介紹 ANTONIO DAMASIO is University Professor; David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Philosophy; and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. Awards he has received include the Prince of Asturias Prize in Science and Technology, the Grawemeyer Award, the Honda Prize, and the Pessoa and Signoret prizes. In 2017 he received the Freud Medal from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. Damasio is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of Descartes' Error, The Feeling of What Happens, Looking for Spinoza and Self Comes to Mind, all of which have been published in translation and are taught in universities throughout the world. www.antoniodamasio.com

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