Meme Machine: The Genomics of Social Transmission of Culture

Author: (English) Susan Blackmore
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: This book has a broad perspective, a grand background, and is captivating. It ends with confronting profound questions about human nature. The core of these questions lies in the nature of the self inherent in each of us, which constitutes the core of our consciousness, experiences the deepest emotions of our hearts, possesses our memories and beliefs, and makes choices for our various life tasks. Susan Blackmore's conclusion is startling: that inner self, that "inner me," is merely an illusion, a phantom fabricated by memes for their own replication.