Tomasello, Michael
Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny
- ISBN 13:
- 9780674248281
- author:
- Tomasello, Michael
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- The Belknap Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 392
- Dimensions:
- 23.5 x 15.6 centimeters (0.67 kg
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, Developmental,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny by Michael Tomasello This groundbreaking book proposes a new framework for understanding human psychological growth between birth and seven years of age. Drawing on three decades of experimental research with chimpanzees, bonobos, and children, Michael Tomasello identifies eight pathways that differentiate humans from their primate relatives. These pathways include social cognition, communication, cultural learning, cooperative thinking, collaboration, prosociality, social norms, and moral identity. Tomasello's work reveals how the maturation of humans' evolved capacities for shared intentionality transform these abilities into uniquely human cognition and sociality. By examining the development of great apes and humans, Tomasello sheds new light on the origins of human psychology and the ways in which our species became distinct from our primate relatives. A thought-provoking and theoretically daring work, Becoming Human offers a fresh perspective on the nature of human development and the evolution of our species.
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