{"product_id":"out-of-our-minds-what-we-think-and-how-we-came-to-think-it-9780520331075","title":"Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A stimulating history of how the imagination interacted with its sibling psychological faculties--emotion, perception and reason--to shape the history of human mental life.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To imagine--to see what is not there--is the startling ability that has fueled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the world after the picture in our minds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Traversing the realms of science, politics, religion, culture, philosophy, and history, Felipe Fernández-Armesto reveals the thrilling and disquieting tales of our imaginative leaps--from the first \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e to the present day. Through groundbreaking insights in cognitive science, Fernández-Armesto explores how and why we have ideas in the first place, providing a tantalizing glimpse into who we are and what we might yet accomplish. Unearthing historical evidence, he begins by reconstructing the thoughts of our Paleolithic ancestors to reveal the subtlety and profundity of the thinking of early humans. A masterful paean to the human imagination from a wonderfully elegant thinker, \u003ci\u003eOut of Our Minds\u003c\/i\u003e shows that bad ideas are often more influential than good ones; that the oldest recoverable thoughts include some of the best; that ideas of Western origin often issued from exchanges with the wider world; and that the pace of innovative thinking is under threat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Felipe Fernández-Armesto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.50w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520331075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFelipe Fernández-Armesto \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning historian and the author of several bestselling books, including \u003ci\u003e1492\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIdeas that Changed the World, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Americas.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Indiana and is a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40521519956083,"sku":"9.78052E+12","price":32.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_37b00967-d534-493d-894a-0edfeea5844e.jpg?v=1666099890","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/out-of-our-minds-what-we-think-and-how-we-came-to-think-it-9780520331075","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}