The WEIRDest people in the world : how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous
by Henrich, Joseph Patrick (Author)
Summary
"Harvard University's Joseph Henrich, Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, delivers a bold, epic investigation into the development of the Western mind, global psychological diversity, and its impact on the world"-- Perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educat... Full description
- WEIRD psychology
- Making a cultural species
- Clans, states, and why you can't get here from there
- The gods are watching, behave!
- WEIRD families
- Psychological differences, families, and the church
- Europe and Asia
- WEIRD monogamy
- Of commerce and cooperation
- Domesticating the competition
- Market mentalities
- Law, science, and religion
- Escape velocity
- The dark matter of history.