The Origins of Creativity (英語) 精裝
作者:Edward O. Wilson
齣版社: Liveright; 1 (2017年10月3日)
精裝: 256頁
語種:英語
ISBN: 1631493183
條形碼: 9781631493188
商品尺寸: 15 x 2.3 x 21.8 cm
商品重量: 422 g
ASIN: 1631493183
內容簡介
An eloquent exploration of creativity, The Origins of Creativity grapples with the question of how this uniquely human expression―so central to our identity as individuals and, collectively, as a species―came about and how it has manifested itself throughout the history of our species.
In this profound and lyrical book, one of our most celebrated biologists offers a sweeping examination of the relationship between the humanities and the sciences: what they offer to each other, how they can be united, and where they still fall short. Both endeavours, Edward O. Wilson reveals, have their roots in human creativity―the defining trait of our species.
Reflecting on the deepest origins of language, storytelling, and art, Wilson demonstrates how creativity began not ten thousand years ago, as we have long assumed, but over one hundred thousand years ago in the Paleolithic age. Chronicling this evolution of creativity from primate ancestors to humans, The Origins of Creativity shows how the humanities, spurred on by the invention of language, have played a largely unexamined role in defining our species. And in doing so, Wilson explores what we can learn about human nature from a surprising range of creative endeavors―the instinct to create gardens, the use of metaphors and irony in speech, and the power of music and song.
Our achievements in science and the humanities, Wilson notes, make us uniquely advanced as a species, but also give us the potential to be supremely dangerous, most worryingly in our abuse of the planet. The humanities in particular suffer from a kind of anthropomorphism, encumbered by a belief that we are the only species among millions that seem to matter, yet Wilson optimistically reveals how researchers will have to address this parlous situation by pushing further into the realm of science, especially fields such as evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and anthropology.
With eloquence and humanity, Wilson calls for a transformational "Third Enlightenment," in which the blending of these endeavors will give us a deeper understanding of the human condition and our crucial relationship with the natural world.
6 illustrations
作者簡介
Edward O. Wilson is widely recognized as one of the world’s preeminent biologists and naturalists.
The author of more than thirty books, including The Social Conquest of Earth, The Meaning of Human Existence, and Letters to a Young Scientist, Wilson is a professor emeritus at Harvard University. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he lives with his wife, Irene Wilson, in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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評分這本書的價值,尤其體現在它對實踐層麵的啓示上,它提供的遠不止是理論框架,更是行動的指南針。在探討那些宏大概念的同時,作者總是能以一種非常務實和接地氣的方式,將抽象的原理轉化為日常可以操作的步驟或思考模型。我嘗試著將書中的某些觀點代入到我自己的工作和生活中去檢驗,發現它提供的那套分析工具確實非常有效,能幫助我更清晰地識彆問題、分解障礙,並找到新的突破口。這是一種“知行閤一”的閱讀體驗,讀完後我感覺自己不僅僅是知識儲備增加瞭,更重要的是,我獲得瞭看待世界和解決問題的“新眼鏡”。這種即時可見的轉化效果,是衡量一本好書的重要標準之一,而這本書無疑是高分通過的。
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評分這本書的行文風格著實讓人佩服,作者的敘事節奏把握得爐火純青,仿佛一位技藝精湛的指揮傢,掌控著讀者的思緒在高低起伏間穿梭。它不像某些學術著作那樣乾巴巴地堆砌理論,而是巧妙地融入瞭大量的生動案例和引人入勝的個人見解,使得原本可能略顯艱澀的主題變得觸手可及。我特彆欣賞作者在構建邏輯鏈條時所展現齣的那種漸進式推進的智慧,每深入一層,都會恰到好處地給齣支撐性的證據或發人深省的哲學思考,讓你在不知不覺中,思維的邊界被不斷拓寬。讀起來有一種非常暢快的“頓悟感”,而不是被動地接受灌輸。這種高明的錶達技巧,讓閱讀變成瞭一種主動的探索過程,讓人忍不住一口氣讀完,又忍不住迴過頭來細細品味那些精妙的措辭和過渡,簡直是文字功力的教科書式展現。
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