The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures"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. www.antoniodamasio.com |
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User Review - RandyMetcalfe - LibraryThingHomeostasis does the heavy lifting in Antonio Damasio’s account of life, subjectivity, consciousness, and culture. Not the homeostasis that your mom told you about, the one that describes the tendency ... Read full review
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User Review - tonysomerset - LibraryThingGive it a chance and this book will blow your mind. Or at least turn upside down then inside out everything you thought you knew about you, your self-awareness and the discipline you exercised over ... Read full review
Contents
BEGINNINGS | 3 |
On the Human Condition | 11 |
In a Region of Unlikeness | 33 |
Varieties of Homeostasis | 44 |
From Single Cells to Nervous Systems and Minds | 53 |
The Origin of Minds 7 | 71 |
Expanding Minds | 84 |
Affect | 99 |
The Construction of Feelings | 117 |
Consciousness | 143 |
On Cultures | 165 |
Roots of Cultures Distinctive Human Cultures Feelings as Arbiters | 191 |
On the Human Condition Now | 211 |
The Strange Order of Things | 234 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures |
| Author | Antonio Damasio |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2019 |
| ISBN | 0345807146, 9780345807144 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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