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001443257 1001_ $$aDiogo, Rui,$$eauthor.
001443257 24510 $$aMeaning of life, human nature, and delusions :$$bhow tales about love, sex, races, gods and progress affect our lives and Earth's splendor /$$cRui Diogo.
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001443257 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
001443257 5050_ $$aPreface -- 1. A brief history of the quest for purpose in life, from the Greeks to modern times, including Darwin -- 2. How did our tendency to ask why-questions and to search for final purposes and goals evolve? -- 3. How teleology impacts our daily lives, from quests on purpose in life to religion, conspiracy theories, romantic love and "meant to be" -- 4. How teleological stories are linked to racism, Freud's just-so-stories, eugenics, and the second world war -- 5. How teleological narratives and the notion of 'chain of being' are related to colonialism -- 6. How teleological plots and the notion of 'chain of being' are associated to animal abuse -- 7. It is much more than religion: idealism as a case study of a widespread teleological narrative -- 8. Don't ask why, ask how -- towards an unbiased, more rational non-teleological science and a fulfilling life without purpose -- References -- Index.
001443257 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001443257 520__ $$aWhatever are your beliefs, background, education, political views or interests, one thing is sure: this book will engage you, teach you something new, and more importantly make you to re-think deeply about critical aspects of your daily-life, including sex, love, food, physical activities, diseases, work and stress, and how you see and deal with other people, other animals, and the planet in general. Indeed, it focuses on topics that have fascinated people from all places and historical periods since times immemorial: Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? Are we progressing, and will we thrive? It does this by integrating in a unique fashion information from ancient Greek, Sumerian, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Christian and Muslim texts to high-tech brain research, facts about near-death experiences, Covid-19, QAnon conspiracies, virtual reality and dating aps; from Adam and Eve to the rise of misogyny and racism to Black Lives Matter, Me-Too, Hollywood romantic movies and Disney fairy-tales. Contrary to notions about 'human progress' and 'Homo Deus' defended by authors such as Harari, Pinker and Dawkins, it shows that human history instead involves the repetition of similar imaginary tales created by a combination of traits found in other animals and the uniquely human obsession about 'cosmic purpose' stories related to our awareness of death's inevitability. Organized religions appeared later, chiefly during the rise of agriculture and 'civilizations'. Diogo navigates mesmerizing untold stories revealing a paradox: these events and the industrial 'revolution' increased inequality, oppression, slavery, subjugation of women, famines, plagues, 'work', stress, and suicides. Data from psychology, biology, neurobiology, and cross-cultural studies of hunter-gatherers and so-called 'developed' societies reveal an even more profound paradox: within all forms of life, the 'sapient being' is the one immersed in Neverland's world of unreality - truly a Homo irrationalis, fictus and socialis believing in fictional tales about cosmic 'duties', 'romantic meant to be', demons, inferior 'races' and 'genders', conspiracies, and 'justified' slavery, warfare, genocides, and animal abuses. Importantly, such tales play, on the other hand, crucial functions such as help copying with death and a plethora of societal troubles, decreasing stress, or preventing drug and alcohol abuse. An optimist and passionate wondered and wanderer, Diogo provides enthralling details about the history of religion, discrimination, romantic love, warfare, diseases and Earth's biodiversity illustrating how 'virtue is in the middle' and that we - with our intriguing combination of beliefs, bodily needs and desires, artistic abilities, and mismatches between our senses' illusions and the cosmos' reality - are not 'better' or 'worse' than the other millions of captivating living species. This powerful and urgently needed message has critical repercussions for how we understand, care about, and mindfully enjoy living in this splendid planet, in the reality of here and now. Pre-publication comments: "I applaud the enormous work that Diogo has invested in this follow-up to his widely acclaimed Evolution driven by organismal behavior book, and the challenge of getting people to think beyond and outside of our usual set of definitions and expectations. The case-studies provided in the book are fascinating and insightful" (Drew Noden, Award-winning Emeritus Professor, Cornell University) "Rui Diogo is becoming the Slavoj Zizek of evolutionary biology" (Marcelo Sanchez-Villagra, Director of the Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich)
001443257 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 29, 2021).
001443257 650_0 $$aLife.
001443257 650_0 $$aMeaning (Philosophy)
001443257 650_0 $$aHuman behavior.
001443257 650_6 $$aSignification (Philosophie)
001443257 650_6 $$aComportement humain.
001443257 655_0 $$aElectronic books.
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