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The weirdest people in the world : how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous / Joseph Henrich.

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ISBN 9781846147968 (hardback)
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Author Henrich, Joseph Patrick author.
Title The weirdest people in the world : how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous / Joseph Henrich.
Publisher/Date [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, [2020]
©2020
Pagination etc. xvii, 680 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents note WEIRD psychology -- Making a cultural species -- Clans, states, and why you can't get here from there -- The gods are watching, behave! -- WEIRD families -- Psychological differences, families, and the church -- Europe and Asia -- WEIRD monogamy -- Of commerce and cooperation -- Domesticating the competition -- Market mentalities -- Law, science, and religion -- Escape velocity -- The dark matter of history.
Summary Note "Harvard University's Joseph Henrich, Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, delivers a bold, epic investigation into the development of the Western mind, global psychological diversity, and its impact on the world"--
Subject Cognitive psychology
Developmental psychology
Social psychology
Civilization, Western
Human evolution
Social interaction
Europeans -- Attitudes
Americans -- Attitudes
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