The social impulse : the evolution and neuroscience of what brings us together / Jaime A. Pineda.
Pineda, Jaime A., author.
2022
HM716
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Title The social impulse : the evolution and neuroscience of what brings us together / Jaime A. Pineda.
Author Pineda, Jaime A., author.
ISBN 9783031084393 (electronic bk.)
303108439X (electronic bk.)
9783031084386
3031084381
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08439-3
Published Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxv, 190 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-08439-3 doi
Call Number HM716
Dewey Decimal Classification 302.3
Summary This book is an exploration of the integration-differentiation dynamics that result in a drive, or impulse, toward human sociality, arguing that our need to connect with other people is as fundamental as our need for food and shelter. In The Social Impulse: The Evolution and Neuroscience of What Brings Us Together, Jaime Pineda presents the evidence that social cohesion is a complementary force to natural selection, the Darwinian drive for differentiation and diversity. The book addresses the distinctive aspects of social behavior that arise from integration principles and seeks to answer the following questions: (1) Why does social cohesion arise? (2) What is the history of social dynamics? (3) How does social cohesion work? (4) When do the developmental aspects of social dynamics arise? A final section of the book addresses the value of sociality and social cohesion. By exploring the differences, similarities, and, most important, the interactivity between natural selection and social cohesion, this unique book provides a wealth of interesting, challenging, and unexpected insights.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Part I Differentiation-Integration Dynamics: Ultimate Causes
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Purposeless Design
Chapter 3: Darwinian Evolutionary Theory
Chapter 4: Principles of Differentiation and Integration
Chapter 5: The Information Trend in Science
Chapter 6: Is Social Cohesion a Different Mechanism of Evolution?
Part II Roots and Mechanisms: Proximate Causes
Chapter 7: Fundamental Physical Forces, Genes, and Epigenetics
Chapter 8: Biological Origins
Chapter 9: Neural Mechanisms of Sociality
Chapter 10: Psychological Features
Chapter 11: Cognitive Science Underpinnings
Chapter 12: A Sociological Systems Theory
Chapter 13: Developmental Roots
Chapter 14: Metaphysical, Religious, and Spiritual Aspects
Part III Survival Value
Chapter 15: Sociality's Survival Value
Part IV Conclusions
Chapter 16: A New Framework: A Theory of Integration.

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