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Why we cooperate
- Title
- Why we cooperate / Michael Tomasello.
- Author
- Tomasello, Michael
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2009.
- ©2009
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HM1146 .T66 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 206 pages; 19 cm.
- Summary
- "In Why We Cooperate, Tomasello Identifies the underlying psychological processes that very likely supported humans' earliest forms of complex collaboration and, ultimately, our unique forms of cultural organization, from the evolution of tolerance and trust to the creation of such group-level structures as cultural norms and institutions."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- A Boston review book
- Uniform Title
- Boston review book
- Subject
- Note
- "Based on the 2008 Tanner lectures on human values at Stanford."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Why we cooperate -- Born (and bred) to help -- From social interaction to social institutions -- Where biology and culture meet -- pt. 2. Forum -- Joan B. Silk -- Carol S. Dweck -- Brian Skyrms -- Elizabeth S. Spelke.
- ISBN
- 9780262013598
- 0262013592
- LCCN
- 2009019631
- 99941962425
- OCLC
- ocn319498167
- 319498167
- SCSB-8853062
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library