Author: Blackmore, Susan; Dawkins, Richard (foreword). Title: The Meme Machine.
Description: Oxford Oxford University Press (OUP), 1999. 1st p/b ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, edges lightly toned, minor edgewear. 264 pp. Susan Blackmore examines memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in "The Selfish Gene". Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, she makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication. ISBN: 019286212X
Keywords: psychology, behaviour, behavior, memes 019286212X
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- Book number: 16739
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