| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 163 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Evolution, cognition, and the arts
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Evolution, cognition, and the arts.
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| Note |
"The original German version of this book was published in 2011. For the purposes of the present English translation, it was substantially revised." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Competitive courtship and aesthetic judgment/choice : Darwin's model of the arts -- The arts as promoters of social cooperation and cohesion -- Engagement in the arts as ontogenetic self-(trans- )formation -- A cooptation model of the evolution of the human arts : the special role of play behavior -- Technology, and symbolic cognition. |
| Summary |
The book reveals a strong humanist heritage which renders Darwin's theory of song and poetic language far more nuanced and interesting than a monolithic ""singing for sex"" hypothesis. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. Descent of man.
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Descent of man (Darwin, Charles) |
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Arts -- Philosophy.
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Arts -- Philosophy. |
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Aesthetics.
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Aesthetics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Berlina, Alexandra, translator.
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| Added Title |
Wozu Kunst? English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2019002666
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Menninghaus, Winfried. Aesthetics after Darwin. Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2019 9781644690000 (DLC) 2019001643 |
| ISBN |
1644690012 (electronic book) |
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9781644690017 (electronic book) |
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9781644690000 (hardcover) |
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