The
creative spark
how imagination made humans exceptional
Fuentes, Agustín
1966-
creator
text
bibliography
nyu
2017
monographic
eng
viii, 340 pages : black and white illustrations, charts, maps ; 24 cm
Overturns widely held misconceptions about race, war and peace, and human nature itself and asserts that creativity is what has made humans so exceptional among all the species on Earth. --Publisher.
Overture: Trumpeting creativity and a new synthesis --
Part one. Sticks and stones: the first creativity --
Creative primates --
The last hominin standing --
Part two. What's for dinner?: how humans got creative --
Let's make a knife --
Killing and eating, etc. --
The beauty of standing in line --
Food security accomplished --
Part three. War and sex: how humans shaped a world --
Creating war (and peace) --
Creative sex --
Part four. The great works: how humans made the universe --
Religious foundations --
Artistic flights --
Scientific architecture --
Coda: The beat of your creative life.
Agustín Fuentes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Philosophical anthropology
Imagination
Creative ability
Human behavior
Antropología filosófica
Habilidad creativa
Comportamiento humano
Imaginación
BD 450 F954c 2017
153.3
9781101983942 (hc)
1101983949 (hc)
160711
20230410133014.0
spa