ISBN:

• 9781631493188
• 1631493183

Edition: First Edition.

Description: 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• The reach of creativity
• The birth of the humanities
• Language
• Innovation
• Aesthetic surprise
• Limitations of the humanities
• The years of neglect
• Ultimate causes
• Bedrock
• Breakthrough
• Genetic culture
• Human nature
• Why nature is mother
• The hunter's trance
• Gardens
• Metaphors
• Archetypes
• The most distant island
• Irony: a victory of the mind
• The third enlightenment.

LCCN: 2017017326

Control Number: 2276229

Subjects: Creative ability.