"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
Gastos de envío:
EUR 3,77
A Estados Unidos de America
Descripción Paperback. Condición: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Nº de ref. del artículo: Holz_New_0198605005
Descripción Paperback. Condición: new. New. Nº de ref. del artículo: Wizard0198605005
Descripción Paperback. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Nº de ref. del artículo: think0198605005
Descripción Condición: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Nº de ref. del artículo: bk0198605005xvz189zvxnew
Descripción Condición: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Nº de ref. del artículo: 353-0198605005-new
Descripción Condición: new. Nº de ref. del artículo: FrontCover0198605005
Descripción PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Nº de ref. del artículo: L0-9780198605003
Descripción Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: ABLIING23Feb2215580043218
Descripción Paper Back. Condición: New. Nº de ref. del artículo: 212488
Descripción Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Madness is the central mystery of the human psyche. Our minds evolved to give us a faithful understanding of reality, to allow us to integrate into our communities, and to help us to adapt our behaviour to our environment. Yet in serious mental illness, the mind does exactly the opposite of these things. The sufferer builds castles of imaginative delusion, fails to adapt, and becomes a stranger among their own people. Mental illness is no marginal phenomenon: it isfound in all societies and all historical epochs, and the genes that underlie it are quite common. Furthermore, the traits that identify the madman are found in attenuated form in normal thinking andfeeling. The persistence of madness, then, is a terrible puzzle from both an evolutionary and a human point of view.In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare suggested a link between madness and artistic creativity: 'The lunatic, the lover, and the poet', he wrote, 'Are of imagination all compact'. Recent studies have shown that there is indeed a connection. Rates of mental illness are hugely elevated in the families of poets, writers, and artists, suggesting that the samegenes, the same temperaments, and the same imaginative capacities are at work in insanity and in creative ability. Thus the reason madness continues to exist is that the traits behind it have psychologicalbenefits as well as psychological costs.In Strong Imagination, Daniel Nettle explores the nature of mental illness, the biological mechanisms that underlie it, and its link to creative genius. He goes on to consider the place of both madness and creative imagination in the evolution of our species. Writing for the general reader, Daniel Nettle tackles the question of why madness exists. He shows that there is, as long suspected, a link between madness and creative genius. He thus argues that the traits that lie behind madness have evolved because they have psychological benefits as well as psychological costs. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9780198605003