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The Trickster Brain : Neuroscience, Evolution, and Narrative by David Williams, David Williams is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Until recently, scientific and literary cultures have existed side-by-side but most often in parallel universes, without connection. The Trickster Brain: Neuroscience, Evolution, and Nature by David Williams addresses the premise that humans are a biological species stemming from the long process of evolution, and that we do exhibit a universal human nature, given to us through our genes. From this perspective, literature is shown to be a product of our biological selves. By exploring central ideas in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, linguistics, music, philosophy, ethics, religion, and history, Williams shows that it is the circuitry of the brain’s hard-wired dispositions that continually create similar tales around the world: “archetypal” stories reflecting ancient tensions that arose from our evolutionary past and the very construction of our brains. The book asserts that to truly understand literature, one must look at the biological creature creating it. By using the lens of science to examine literature, we can see how stories reveal universal aspects of the biological mind. The Trickster character is particularly instructive as an archetypal character who embodies a raft

Who reads The Trickster Brain : Neuroscience, Evolution, and Narrative?

Author

David Williams, David Williams

Publisher

Lexington Books Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated [distributor

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780739143971

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Psychology, Literary Collections