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Looking for Spinoza
Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
Antonio Damasio
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Synopsis |
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In the seventeenth century, the philosopher Spinoza examined the role emotion played in human survival and culture. Yet hundreds of years and many significant scientific advances later, the neurobiological roots of joy and sorrow remain a mystery. Today, we spend countless resources doctoring our feelings with alcohol, prescription drugs, health clubs, therapy, vacation retreats, and other sorts of consumption; still, the inner workings of our minds-what feelings are, how they work, and what they mean-are largely an unexplored frontier.
With scientific expertise and literary facility, bestselling author and world famous neuroscientist Antonio Damasio concludes his groundbreaking trilogy in Looking for Spinoza, exploring the cerebral processes that keep us alive and make life worth living.
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Praise |
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"Damasio has the rare talent of rendering science intelligible while also being gifted in philosophy, literature and wit."
Margaret Jacob,Los Angeles Times,
"Looking for Spinoza is exceptionally engaging and profoundly gratifying."
Ray Dolan,Nature,
"In clear, accessible and eloquent prose, Damasio is outlining a new vision of the human soul."
William Kowinski,San Francisco Chronicle,
"Compelling."
Scientific American,
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“This is an enticingly original work that offers page after page of startling insights about the workings of the mind. It creates in its entirety that rarest of effects—the quality of revelation.”
- William Styron
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Biography |
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Antonio Damasio is the Van Allen Professor and head of the department of neurology at the University of Iowa Medical Center and is an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute in San Diego. Descartes' Error was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and has been translated into twenty-three languages. He lives in Iowa City and Chicago.
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General Subjects |
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Science- History
Science- Philosophy & Social Aspects
Science- General
Psychology- Psychiatry
Philosophy- Mind & Body
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Academic Disciplines & Course Studies |
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Interdisciplinary Studies- Medieval & Renaissance Studies
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Natural & Physical Sciences- Biological Sciences- Biology, Miscellaneous
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Social Sciences- Psychology-General
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Rights Details |
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A Main Selection of Library of Science Book Club, A Selection of Readers' Subscription
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Rights Information |
Harvest Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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