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The search for the biological foundations of human culture inevitably leads to nonverbal communication. Superficial intuition suggests that nonverbal communication is a sine qua non for the evolution of sociality. Without it, the diversity and sophistication of today's social systems would be unimaginable. However, there is the opposite hypothesis that the evolution of nonverbal communication may in part be the result of our being thoroughly social entities: Our sociality itself may have amplified the evolution of a capacity we share with other primates but have developed to a degree unequaled by any other species. Advances in the evolution of nonverbal communication as presented in this volume will certainly contribute to further insights into the intricacies of the biological and the social worlds.
This volume grew out of a conference at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld, Germany. The conference was organized by a research group working on the overarching theme of "Biological Foundations of Human Culture," so that scholars in such wide-ranging areas as biology, psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, primatology, history, and philosophy of science could present and discuss recent approaches toward a biologically and sociologically founded understanding of human culture. This pluralistic perspective made it possible to bring the diverse disciplinary approaches into fruitful dialogue.
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...an important book and should be selected by undergraduate-level libraries.
—CHOICE
Everyone will find something of interest in this eclectic volume of psychophysiology, economics, ethology and history, all of it documenting the close ties between nature and culture in human affairs...the book's breadth is exciting, its reach invigorating...the book is an intellectual smorgasbord...the book admirably establishes nonverbal behavior as a focal point of the dynamic interplay of biological and social origins of behavior.
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Nonverbal Communication; where nature meets culture
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Hardcover. Condition: near fine(-). First edition, second printing. Light blue-white octavo, viii, 309 pages, b&w illustrations, 24 cm. The book presents a complex picture of human communicative ability as simultaneously biologically and socioculturally influenced, with some capacities apparently more biologically hard-wired than others: face recognition, imitation, emotional communication, and the capacity for language. It also suggests that the dividing line between nonverbal and linguistic communication is becoming much less clearcut." "The contributing authors are leading researchers in a variety of fields, writing here for a general audience. The book is divided into sections dealing with, respectively, human universals, evolutionary and developmental aspects of nonverbal behavior within a sociocultural context, and finally, the multifaceted relationships between nonverbal communication and culture. Contents: Nonnverbal communication: crossing the boundary between culture and nature / Ullica Segerstrale and Peter Molnar -- Universal facial expressions of emotion: an old controversy and new findings / Paul Ekman and Dacher Keltner -- Psychophysiological reactions to facial expressions / Ulf Dimberg -- Universals in interpersonal interactions / Wulf Schiefenhovel -- Preverbal communication in humans and the genesis of culture / Hanus Papousek and Mechthild Papousek -- Development of emotions and their expression in task-oriented situations in infants and preschool children / Klaus Schneider.Nonverbal communication in nonhuman primates: implications for the emergence of culture / Stephen J. Suomi -- Communication signals of animals: contributions of emotion and reference / Peter Marler and Christopher S. Evans -- Social function of "smile" and "laughter": variations across primate species and societies / Signe Preuschoft and Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff -- Primate communication and the ecology of a language niche / Alexandra Maryanski -- Evolution of emotions: the nonverbal basis of human social organization / Jonathan H. Turner -- Nonverbal communication and culture / Walter Goldschmidt.Posture as an interface between biology and culture / Michel Heller -- Sign language and gestures in medieval Europe: monasteries, courts of justice, and society / August Nitschke -- Nonverbal communication and the emergence of moral sentiments / Robert Frank. Body language, Psychology, Comparative. Two less than quarter inch closed tears to spine foot, extremely mild rubbing to spine foot, sticker residue to rear board, light soiling to boards and fore-edges, faint soiling to spine, light pencil to few pages, bright pages in tight binding, else near fine(-). Seller Inventory # 92220
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