{"product_id":"9783030461928","title":"Evolutionary Perspectives on Imaginative Culture","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEvolutionary Perspectives on Imaginative Culture\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJoseph Carroll | Mathias Clasen | Emelie Jonsson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePsychology \/ Personality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pioneering volume offers an expansive introduction to the relatively new field of evolutionary studies in imaginative culture. Contributors from psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, and the humanities probe the evolved human imagination and its artefacts. The book forcefully demonstrates that imagination is part of human nature. Contributors explore imaginative culture in seven main areas:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImagination: Evolution, Mechanisms and Functions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMyth and Religion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisual and Plastic Arts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVideo Games and Films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOral Narratives and Literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvolutionary Perspectives on Imaginative Culture\u003c\/i\u003e widens the scope of evolutionary cultural theory to include much of what “culture” means in common usage. The contributors aim to convince scholars in both the humanities and the evolutionary human sciences that biology and imaginative culture are intimately intertwined. The contributors illuminate this broad theoretical argument with comprehensive insights into religion, ideology, personal identity, and many particular works of art, music, literature, film, and digital media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chapters “Imagination, the Brain’s Default Mode Network, and Imaginative Verbal Artifacts” and “The Role of Aesthetic Style in Alleviating Anxiety About the Future” are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e is Curators’ Distinguished Professor in the English department at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Since the early 1990s, he has been working to integrate evolutionary research and literary study. He has developed an evolutionary theory of literature, produced interpretive essays on literary works ranging from plays of Shakespeare to modern novels, written essays in intellectual history, and conducted empirical research on protagonists and antagonists in Victorian fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMathias Clasen\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in literature and media in the English Department, Aarhus University, and associate editor of \u003ci\u003eEvolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. His research focuses on horror entertainment from an evolutionary perspective. His book \u003ci\u003eWhy Horror Seduces\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Oxford University Press in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmelie Jonsson\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English literature at the University of Tromsø, Norway. Her research centers on the friction between human psychology and naturalistic cosmology. She has published evolutionary interpretive arguments on E. M. Forster, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, T. H. Huxley, and Edward Bulwer Lytton, as well as collaborated on quantitative projects concerning intellectual history, biocultural theory, and poetic archetypes reflecting mating strategies. \u003ci\u003eShe is an associate editor of Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 August 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783030461928\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e423\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52353155760268,"sku":"9783030461928","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030461928","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}