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Dissolves the logic of a beginning based on writing, civilization, or historical consciousness and offers a model for a history that escapes the continuing grip of the Judeo-Christian time frame. This book presents a case for bringing neuroscience and neurobiology into the realm of history.
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When does history begin? What characterizes it? This brilliant and beautifully written book dissolves the logic of a beginning based on writing, civilisation, or historical consciousness and offers a model for a history that escapes the continuing grip of the Judeo-Christian time frame.
On Deep History and the Brain by Daniel Lord Smail argues that in the wake of the Decade of the Brain and the best-selling historical work of scientists like Jared Diamond, the time has come for fundamentally new ways of thinking about our past. He shows how recent work in evolution and paleohistory makes it possible to join the deep past with the recent past and abandon, once and for all, the idea of prehistory.
Making an enormous literature accessible to the general reader, he lays out a bold new case for bringing neuroscience and neurobiology into the realm of history.
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On Deep History and the Brain by Daniel Lord Smail is praised for its intelligent and thought-provoking analysis, offering a creative synthesis of ideas that reimagines the interplay between biology and culture. The book has been described as both engaging and provocative, with reviewers noting its capacity to invigorate and challenge conventional historical narratives. Overall, it’s considered a pioneering and intriguing exploration of deep history.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780520258129
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 November 2007
Country: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 318g
Pages: 286
About the Author
Daniel Lord Smail is Professor of History at Harvard University. He is the author of Imaginary Cartographies (1999), which won the American Historical Association's Herbert Baxter Adams Prize and the Social Science History Association's President's Award; The Consumption of Justice (2003), which won the Law and Society Association's James Willard Hurst Prize; and co-editor of Fama: The Politics of Talk and Reputation in Medieval Europe (2003).
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