Evolution of Chinese Filiality - Insights From the Neurosciences

This unique book brings a fresh interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of ancient Chinese history, creating a historical model for the emergence of cultural mainstays by applying recent dramatic findings in the fields of neuroscience and cultural evolution.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. SEEKING a Chinese Filial Mind Module 3. The Evolution of a Chinese Nervous System 4. Ecological Inheritance, Prestige and the Evolution of a Chinese Leadership Mindset 5. The Deep History of the Western Zhou Ritual Reform 6. Neurohistory, Filiality and Historical Change in China

About the author

Deborah Porter is Professor of Global Studies at the Jackson School of International Studies. Her interdisciplinary research on the impact of shameful secrets on cultural production spans a wide swath of time and geography, including Early China, and fifteenth and sixteenth century Western Europe, Russia and Korea.

Summary

This unique book brings a fresh interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of ancient Chinese history, creating a historical model for the emergence of cultural mainstays by applying recent dramatic findings in the fields of neuroscience and cultural evolution.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Lynn Porter, Deborah Lynn (University of Washington Porter, Porter Deborah Lynn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781032103983
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3210398-3
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; China, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, HISTORY / Ancient / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Asia / China, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, PSYCHOLOGY / Evolutionary Psychology, RELIGION / Confucianism, Archaeology, Neurosciences, Confucianism