书目名称 | The Biological Evolution of Religious Mind and Behavior |
编辑 | Eckart Voland,Wulf Schiefenhövel |
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概述 | Presents new scientific evidence for controversial hypotheses about religiosity.Combines modern psychology and psychiatry with evolutionary biology, archeology, anthropology to explain religious pheno |
丛书名称 | The Frontiers Collection |
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描述 | .In a Darwinian world, religious behavior - just like other behaviors - is likely to have undergone a process of natural selection in which it was rewarded in the evolutionary currency of reproductive success. This book aims to provide a better understanding of the social scenarios in which selection pressure led to religious practices becoming an evolved human trait, i.e. an adaptive answer to the conditions of living and surviving that prevailed among our prehistoric ancestors. This aim is pursued by a team of expert authors from a range of disciplines. Their contributions examine the relevant physiological, emotional, cognitive and social processes. The resulting understanding of the functional interplay of these processes gives valuable insights into the biological roots and benefits of religion.. |
出版日期 | Book 2009 |
关键词 | Adaptive value of religion; Anthropology and religion; Charles Darwin; Darwin; Evolution; Evolution of re |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00128-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-642-26016-2 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-642-00128-4Series ISSN 1612-3018 Series E-ISSN 2197-6619 |
issn_series | 1612-3018 |
copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 |