Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind

Deceit, lying, and falsehoods lie at the very heart of our cultural heritage. Even the founding myth...
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Author: David Smith
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Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind by Smith, David

Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind

€27,28

Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind

€27,28
Author: David Smith
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Deceit, lying, and falsehoods lie at the very heart of our cultural heritage. Even the founding myth of the Judeo-Christian tradition, the story of Adam and Eve, revolves around a lie. Our seemingly insatiable appetite for stories of deception spans the extremes of culture from King Lear to Little Red Riding Hood, retaining a grip on our imaginations despite endless repetition. These tales of deception are so enthralling because they speak to something fundamental in the human condition. The ever-present possibility of deceit is a crucial dimension of all human relationships, even the most central: our relationships with our own selves.
Why We Lie elucidates the essential role that deception and self-deception have played in evolution and shows that the very structure of our minds has been shaped from our earliest beginnings by the need to deceive. Smith shows us how, by examining the stories we tell, the falsehoods we weave, and the unconscious signals we send out, we can learn much about ourselves and our minds.



Author: David Smith
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780312310400

About the Author

DR. DAVID LIVINGSTONE SMITH is the author of Why We Lie as well as a professor of philosophy and co-founder and director of the Institute for Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Psychology at the University of New England. He and his wife live in Portland, Maine.


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