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  • The Evolution of Imagination

    par Stephen T. Asma ...
    "An ambitious and exciting book about creativity . . . chart[s] new territory." — ScienceConsider Miles Davis, horn held high, sculpting a powerful musical statement full of tonal patterns, inside jokes, and thrilling climactic phrases—all on the fly. Or a comedy troupe riffing on cues from the audience until the whole room erupts with laughter; a team of software engineers brainstorming their way ... En savoir plus

    $26.39 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • On Monsters

    An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

    par Stephen T. Asma ...
    Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future. Beginning at the time of Alexander the Great, the monsters come fast and furious--Behemoth and ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

  • Why We Need Religion

    par Stephen T. Asma ...
    How we feel is as vital to our survival as how we think. This claim, based on the premise that emotions are largely adaptive, serves as the organizing theme of Why We Need Religion. This book is a novel pathway in a well-trodden field of religious studies and philosophy of religion. Stephen Asma argues that, like art, religion has direct access to our emotional lives in ways that science does not. ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

  • Against Fairness

    par Stephen T. Asma ...
    "Mr. Asma offers a rightly critical diagnosis of our obsession with egalitarianism." — The Wall Street JournalIn our zealous pursuit of fairness, we have banished our urges to like one person more than another, one thing over another, hiding them away as dirty secrets of our humanity. In Against Fairness, polymath philosopher Stephen T. Asma drags them triumphantly back into the light. Through ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Why I Am a Buddhist

    No-Nonsense Buddhism with Red Meat and Whiskey

    par Stephen T. Asma ...
    An authentic, inclusive, and approachable guide to practicing Buddhism.Profound and amusing, this book provides a viable approach to answering the perennial questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How can I live a meaningful life? For author Stephen Asma, the answers are to be found in Buddhism.There have been a lot of books that have made the case for Buddhism. What makes this book fresh and exciting ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Buddha For Beginners

    par Stephen T. Asma ...
    Despite the widespread popularity of Buddhist practices (like meditation) there is little understanding of the complex philosophy behind Buddhism. The historical Buddha Gautama was a real person—a radical—who challenged the religious leaders of his day. Buddha For Beginnersintroduces the reader to the historical Buddha to the ideas that made him change his life and to the fascinating philosophical ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads

    The Culture of Natural History Museums

    par Stephen T. Asma ...
    The natural history museum is a place where the line between "high" and "low" culture effectively vanishes--where our awe of nature, our taste for the bizarre, and our thirst for knowledge all blend happily together. But as Stephen Asma shows in Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads, there is more going on in these great institutions than just smart fun. Asma takes us on a wide-ranging tour of natural ... En savoir plus

    $37.59 CAD

  • Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads

    The Culture of Natural History Museums

    par Stephen T. Asma ...
    The natural history museum is a place where the line between "high" and "low" culture effectively vanishes--where our awe of nature, our taste for the bizarre, and our thirst for knowledge all blend happily together. But as Stephen Asma shows in Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads, there is more going on in these great institutions than just smart fun. Asma takes us on a wide-ranging tour of natural ... En savoir plus

    $37.59 CAD

  • The Emotional Mind

    The Affective Roots of Culture and Cognition

    Tracing the leading role of emotions in the evolution of the mind, a philosopher and a psychologist pair up to reveal how thought and culture owe less to our faculty for reason than to our capacity to feel.Many accounts of the human mind concentrate on the brain’s computational power. Yet, in evolutionary terms, rational cognition emerged only the day before yesterday. For nearly 200 million years ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

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    Buddha for Beginners

    par Stephen T. Asma ...
    Lu par John C. Winson ...

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    1 heures 58 min

    Despite the widespread popularity of Buddhist practices (like meditation), there is little understanding of the complex philosophy behind Buddhism. The historical Buddha, Gautama, was a real person—a radical—who challenged the religious leaders of his day. Buddha For Beginners introduces the reader to the historical Buddha, to the ideas that made him change his life, and to the fascinating ... En savoir plus

    $22.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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    Why We Need Religion

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    11 heure 19 min

    Stephen Asma argues that, like art, religion has direct access to our emotional lives in ways that science does not. Yes, science can give us emotional feelings of wonder and the sublime—we can feel the sacred depths of nature—but there are many forms of human suffering and vulnerability that are beyond the reach of help from science. Different emotional stresses require different kinds of rescue. ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

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    A History of Bread Making from Ancient to Modern Bakers

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    "A culinary mystery story leavened with Pallant's passion, charm, and devotion to the ageless allure of the risen loaf." —Aaron Bobrow-Strain, author of White BreadSourdough Culture presents the history and rudimentary science of sourdough bread baking from its discovery more than six thousand years ago to its still-recent displacement by the innovation of dough-mixing machines and fast-acting ... En savoir plus

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