Growing YoungBloomsbury Academic, 1989 - 292 páginas In this new, revised edition of his landmark book, Montagu compels us to reevaluate the way we think about growth and development, in all its phases, throughout life. Humans are designed to grow and develop their childlike qualities, and not to become the ossified adults prescribed by society. Montagu demonstrates how our culture, schools, and families are in conspiracy against such childlike traits as the need to love, to learn, to wonder, to know, to explore, to think, to experiment, to be imaginative, creative and curious, to sing, dance, or play. He also reveals the many links between physical and mental aging and tells how to prevent psychosclerosis, the hardening of the mind, so that we can die young--as late as possible. The best statement ever written on the most important, neglected theme of human life and evolution. Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University |
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... dance of life has already begun . According to Pro- fessors W. S. Condon and W. Ogston of Boston University , as early as twenty minutes after birth the human neonate moves in precise and sustained organizations of change of movement ...
... dance - so do adults . How- ever , many adults seldom or never dance . It is not encouraged in Western societies , except on special occasions . Indeed , dancing by the old is strongly discouraged by the young . Young people have an ...
... Dance of Life ( 1923 ) , " Dancing is the loftiest , the most mov- ing , the most beautiful of the arts , because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life ; it is life itself . " It is , indeed , the very rhythm of life . Can ...
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Neoteny and Human Biological Evolution | 12 |
The Evolution of Human Behavior | 46 |
Chapter 4 | 62 |
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Continuity of Neural Functions from Prenatal to Postnatal Life Heinz F. Prechtl Vista previa limitada - 1984 |
Continuity of Neural Functions from Prenatal to Postnatal Life Heinz F. Prechtl Vista previa limitada - 1984 |