Henrik Hogh-Olesen

Gebundenes Buch

The Aesthetic Animal

Beschreibung

The Aesthetic Animal answers the ultimate questions of why we adorn ourselves, embellish our things and surroundings, and produce art, music, song, dance and fiction. It is written in a lively and entertaining tone, with beautiful color illustrations. This must-read presents an original and comprehensive synthesis of the empirical field, synthesizing data from archeology, cave art, anthropology, biology, evolutionary psychology andneuro-aesthetics.

Autor

Henrik Hogh-Olesen is Professor of Social & Personality Psychology at the Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has published 13 academic books and more than 100 articles, published works of fiction and drama, is an expert on behavioral & evolutionary psychology, and has studied humans, apes, and monkeys in naturalistic and experimental settings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780190927929
• ISBN-10: 0190927925
• Artikelnr.: 53447437