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The Stuff of Thought

Language as a Window Into Human Nature

von Pinker, Steven   (Autor)

Das faszinierende Porträt unseres Geistes Wie kommt man direkt an das Denken heran? Über die Sprache. In ihr liegen unsere Vorstellungen von Raum und Zeit begründet, von Sex und Intimität, von Macht und Fairness. Bestsellerautor Steven Pinker sieht sich daher die alltägliche Sprachverwendung genau an unsere Gespräche, Witze, Rechtsstreitigkeiten und zeichnet ein lebendiges und überraschendes Porträt unseres Geistes und der menschlichen Natur. Mit viel Esprit, Sprachgefühl und Beispielen aus Alltag und Popkultur gelingt es ihm, schwierige Sachverhalte einfach und überzeugend zu erklären und uns zu einem neuen Blick auf uns selbst zu bewegen. In "The Stuff of Thought", Pinker marries two of the subjects he knows best: language and human nature. The result is a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature. What does swearing reveal about our emotions? Why does innuendo disclose something about relationships? Pinker reveals how our use of prepositions and tenses taps into peculiarly human concepts of space and time, and how our nouns and verbs speak to our notions of matter. Even the names we give our babies have important things to say about our relations to our children and to society. With his signature wit and style, Pinker takes on scientific questions like whether language affects thought, as well as forays into everyday life - why is bulk e-mail called spam and how do romantic comedies get such mileage out of the ambiguities of dating? The Stuff of Thought is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable work that will appeal to fans of readers of everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.

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This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now.

"Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty." --The New York Times Book Review

Bestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitude and verbal eloquence that enables him to provide lucid explanations of deep and powerful ideas. His previous books - including the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Blank Slate - have catapulted him into the limelight as one of today's most important popular science writers. In The Stuff of Thought, Pinker presents a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature. Considering scientific questions with examples from everyday life, The Stuff of Thought is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable work that will appeal to fans of everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves. 

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"Engaging and provocative...filled with humor and fun."
-Douglas Hofstadter, Los Angeles Times

"Pinker is a star, and the world of science is lucky to have him."
--Richard Dawkins

"Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty."
-New York Times Book Review

"An important and inviting book."
--Science

"There's plenty of stuff to think about, but a lot of fun stuff too."
-Boston Globe

"Fascinating."
Wired

"Unfailingly engaging to read."
--New York Review of Books 

Autoreninfo

Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Family professor of Psychology and Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Today and Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers. His other books include The Better Angels of our Nature and The Blank Slate. 

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Medium: Buch
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Seiten: 512
Sprache: Englisch
Erschienen: September 2008
Titelübersetzung: Der Stoff, aus dem das Denken ist
Maße: 213 x 141 mm
Gewicht: 478 g
ISBN-10: 0143114247
ISBN-13: 9780143114246

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