Evolutionary Perspectives on Imaginative Culture

by Joseph Carroll

Book Overview

This pioneering volume offers an expansive introduction to the relatively new field of evolutionary studies in imaginative culture. Contributors from psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, and the humanities probe the evolved human imagination and its artefacts. The book forcefully demonstrates that imagination is part of human nature. Contributors explore imaginative culture in seven main areas:

Imagination: Evolution, Mechanisms and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030461920
• ISBN13: 9783030461928
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"