Electric Meme, The: A New Theory of How We Think and Communicate

Aunger, Robert

ISBN 10: 0743201507 / ISBN 13: 9780743201506

Published by Simon and Schuster (General list, Trade Division), 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Electric Meme, The: A New Theory of How We Think and Communicate
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster (General list, Trade Division)
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743201507
• ISBN 13: 9780743201506
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

A cultural evolution scientist presents an outline of "meme," a distinct pattern of rapidly reproducing electrical charges in a brain node, citing their role in free will, human identity, consciousness, and society.

About the Author

Robert Aunger received his Ph.D. in anthropology from UCLA. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Cambridge. He was until recently a Research Fellow at King's College, Cambridge, and is currently affiliated with the Department of Biological Anthropology at the same university. He organized the first academic conference dedicated to memes, which resulted in his book Darwinizing Culture: The Status of Memetics as a Science. He lives in Cambridge, England.