Awe by Professor Dacher Keltner
The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
This book presents awe as a powerful, measurable emotion that arises when we encounter something vast and beyond our current understanding, showing through studies and anecdotes how it shrinks the sense of self, expands perspective, and promotes connection, generosity, creativity, and physical and mental health. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary thinking, it traces awe’s roots in nature, art, music, religion, and social rituals, explains its role in forming communities and moral imagination, and offers practical ways to cultivate awe in daily life. The author also examines the darker side of awe—how it can amplify obedience, be exploited by leaders, or mute critical thinking—urging mindful cultivation rather than uncritical reverence.
- Published
- 2016
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- 320 pages
- Original Language
- English
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