Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon - Softcover

Dennett, Daniel C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143038338 ISBN 13: 9780143038337

Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

What is religion and how did it evolve Is it the product of blind evolutionary instinct or of rational choice Is the only way to live a good life through religion In this title, the author explores how the great ideas of religion have enthralled us for thousands of years - and whether we could (or should) break free.

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Críticas:

"Ambitious . . . an accessible account of what might be called the natural history of religion."
--The New Yorker

"How would a visitor from Mars dispassionately explain human religion? . . . My guess is that the result would be something like this crystal-clear, constantly engaging, and enjoyable new book."
--Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse

"Rich and rewarding . . . the main business of the book is to give a scientific account of how religion may have developed among creatures such as us. . . . The product of an extremely bright mind."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"An elegant, sharp-minded essay on the need to study religion in a dispassionate way."
--The Economist

"Penetrating . . . a sharp synthesis of a library of evolutionary, anthropological and psychological research on the origin and spread of religion."
--Scientific American

Reseña del editor:

A Tufts University professor explores the nature of faith and how religion shapes everyday life and the future, addressing controversial issues about the relevance and rational qualities of faith while tracing the history of organized religion from its roots in folk beliefs to its key role in modern issues. By the author of Darwin's Dangerous Idea. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0143038338
• ISBN 13: 9780143038337
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464