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Virus of the mind : the new science of the meme / Richard Brodie.

By: Publication details: Carlsbad, Calif. : Hay House, 2011.Edition: 5th Hay House edDescription: xxiii, 249 p. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781401924690 (trade pbk.) :
  • 1401924697 (trade pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HM626 .B76 2010
Contents:
Memes -- Mind and behavior -- Viruses -- Evolution -- The evolution of memes -- Sex : the root of all evolution -- Survival and fear -- How we get programmed -- Cultural viruses -- The memetics of religion -- Designer viruses (how to start a cult) -- Disinfection.
Subject: Virus of the Mind is the first popular book devoted to the science of memetics, a controversial new field that transcends psychology, biology, anthropology, and cognitive science. Memetics is the science of memes, the invisible but very real DNA of human society.

Includes index.

Originally published: Seattle, Wash. : Integral Press, c1996.

Memes -- Mind and behavior -- Viruses -- Evolution -- The evolution of memes -- Sex : the root of all evolution -- Survival and fear -- How we get programmed -- Cultural viruses -- The memetics of religion -- Designer viruses (how to start a cult) -- Disinfection.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) index.

Virus of the Mind is the first popular book devoted to the science of memetics, a controversial new field that transcends psychology, biology, anthropology, and cognitive science. Memetics is the science of memes, the invisible but very real DNA of human society.

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