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The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

byJoseph Henrich

Joseph Henrich uses The WEIRDest People in the World to investigate how the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous through a carefully framed social inquiry. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of psychology and social science. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. Together, these elements make The WEIRDest People in the World an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise.

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication date

Sep 08, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

704

ISBN

9780374173227