The Meme Machine
With a Forew. by Richard Dawkins
(Sprache: Englisch)
Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his...
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Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication.
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A meme is any idea, behavior, or skill that can be transferred from one person to another by imitation. In this book, Blackmore discusses the theory of "memetic selection"--survival of the fittest among competitive ideas down through the generations--to strive for a new understanding of the evolution of our minds and cultures.
Autoren-Porträt von Susan Blackmore
Susan Blackmore, geboren 1951, studierte Psychologie und Physiologie in Oxford und promovierte in Parapsychologie an der Universität von Surrey. Derzeit arbeitet sie als freie Publizistin und Moderatorin u.a. für die BBC und lehrt an der Universität von Bristol. Sie hat maßgebliche Arbeiten zur Theorie des Bewußtseins und zur Evolutionstheorie vorgelegt.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Susan Blackmore
- 2000, 288 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 019286212X
- ISBN-13: 9780192862129
Sprache:
Englisch
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Anyone who hopes or fears that memetics will become a science of culture will find this surefooted exploration of the prospects a major eye-opener. Daniel Dennett Any theory deserves to be given its best shot, and that is what Susan Blackmore has given the theory of the meme I am delighted to recommend her book. Richard Dawkins
Pressezitat
Anyone who hopes or fears that memetics will become a science of culture will find this surefooted exploration of the prospects a major eye-opener. Daniel Dennett
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