{"product_id":"what-is-a-human-language-mind-and-culture-9783030503819","title":"What Is a Human?: Language, Mind, and Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a sweeping synthesis of new research in a number of different disciplines, this book argues that we humans are not who we think we are. As he explores the interconnections between cutting-edge work in bioanthropology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, human language and learning, and beyond, James Paul Gee advances, also, a personal philosophy of language, learning, and culture, informed by his decades of work across linguistics and the social sciences. Gee argues that our schools, institutions, legal systems, and societies are designed for creatures that do not exist, thus resulting in multiple, interacting crises, such as climate change, failing institutions, and the rise of nationalist nationalism.  As Gee constructs an understanding of the human that takes into account our social, collective, and historical nature, as established by recent research, he inspires readers to reflect for themselves on the very question of who we are—a key consideration for anyone interested in society, government, schools, health, activism, culture and diversity, or even just survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Terman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Humans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: More than Animals?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Human-Made Monsters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Conclusion to Part 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Fetishes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Examples of Fetishes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Doubling Fetishes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: The Imaginarium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: The Conscious Brain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The Gang of Six\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Language\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 14: Stress and the State\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15. Another Attempt to Answer Our Question\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Conclusion to Part 2 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Inter-Human Artefacts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Embodied Meaning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 19: Specific Universals\u003c\/p\u003eChapter 20: Morality\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 21: The Examined Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Conclusion to Part 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 23: Plug-And-Play\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Morality Again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 25: Affinity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 26: Conclusions to Part 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 27: Conclusion to Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49415622295895,"sku":"9783030503819","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-is-a-human-language-mind-and-culture-9783030503819","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}