Format:
1 online resource (235 pages)
ISBN:
9781666927061
Content:
This book introduces the idea of the social brain networked in the world. The author's foundational thesis is that humans appear in evolution always, already, and everywhere social. We have social selves, social brains, and social genes.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Sociological Imagination -- Sociology Comes into View -- Evolution Invents the Social -- Individual and Society -- The Social Body in Society and Politics -- Genius Incorporated -- Improvisation Incorporated -- From the Matrix to Reality -- Robots, AI, Brains, and Bodies in the Information Age -- The Sociology of Consciousness -- The Social Life of the Brain -- The Social Brain in Health and Illness -- Final Considerations -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781666927054
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Restivo, Sal P. The social brain Lanham : Lexington Books, 2023 ISBN 9781666927054
Language:
English
