Don't Look, Don't Touch : The science behind revulsion

ISBN-13: 9780199579488 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 210 str.

Valerie Curtis

Opis

Disgust, like its much better understood companions fear and love, is a powerful subconscious impulse that influences our behaviour and choices. Valerie Curtis explores its evolutionary origins, and its hidden effects, both negative (such as xenophobia) and positive (health protection).

Recenzje

Gross! Yuck! Ew! The psychology of disgust has turned into one of the hottest topics in the human sciences. It's tied in surprising ways to health, nutrition, sex, evolution, even religion and morality. Valerie Curtis, one of the deepest thinkers and cleverest researchers on this part of human nature, turns revulsion into fascination.

O autorze

Valerie Curtis is an anthropologist and Director of the Hygiene Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 2002 she founded a global public-private partnership involving Unicef, the World Bank, Proctor and Gamble to promote handwashing. She is the author of a number of important research papers and has written for a range of magazines, newspapers, and journals, including New Scientist and The Economist. She regularly appears on television and radio.