The Meme Machine Paperback / softback
by Susan (Lecturer in Psychology, Lecturer in Psychology, University of the West of England, Blackmore
Part of the Popular Science series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, 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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:16/03/2000
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- ISBN:9780192862129
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:16/03/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780192862129
