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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 46
... mind , How few think justly of the thinking few ! How many never think , who think they do ! Too much of our learning is done without thought , and such learn- ing is labor lost . Our schools are severly to blame here , for there is ...
... mind and the youthful spirit . Every original mind , in what- ever field she works , is an explorer , and every active mind is engaged in some sort of explorative activity , virtually every waking moment of the day . To be actively ...
... mind hungers and is never quite satiated . All this and more the neotenous mind is designed to secure . All research supports the view that life - time experiences and exercise of the mind play a basic role in securing and preserving a ...
Contenido
Neoteny and Human Biological Evolution | 12 |
The Evolution of Human Behavior | 46 |
Chapter 4 | 62 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 10 secciones no mostradas
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Referencias a este libro
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 |