Joseph Henrich is an award-winning anthropologist, and a professor and chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is the author of The Secret of our Success. He lives in Massachusetts.
A masterpiece. Staggering in range, intricate in detail,
thrilling in ambition, this book is a landmark in social
thought. Henrich may go down as the most influential social
scientist of the first half of the twenty-first century. --
Matthew Syed * bestselling author of 'Black Box Thinking' and
'Bounce' *
Illuminates a journey into human nature that is more exciting,
more complex and ultimately more consequential than has
previously been suspected. * Nature *
A massively ambitious work that explains the transition to the
modern world ... Significantly contributes to our
understanding -- Francis Fukuyama, author of The Origins of
Political Order
Engagingly written, excellently organized and meticulously
argued . . . This is an extraordinarily ambitious book, along
the lines of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel ... We
will all have to change our perspective. -- Daniel C. Dennett * New
York Times *
The most absorbing, provocative and compelling book I have
read in a long time. Joseph Henrich's thrilling expose of cultural
variety and evolution is grounded in meticulous science, and his
arguments go beyond the milestone of Jared Diamond's Guns,
Germs and Steel. You will never look again in the same way at
your own seemingly universal values. -- Uta Frith * Emeritus
Professor of Cognitive Development, University College London *
Phenomenal ... The only theory I am aware of that attempts
to explain broad patterns of human psychology on a global scale. --
Coren Apicella, Professor of Psychology at the University of
Pennsylvania * Washington Post *
This anthropology-meets-big-data approach is not merely
innovative, but underpins a fascinating and creative book, brimming
with provocative ideas. * Financial Times *
There's nothing so fascinating as a social anthropologist's
analysis of his own tribe. Henrich shows how strange and
exceptional Western society is when compared with most of the world
-- John Barton, author of A History of the Bible
Henrich has thought more deeply about cultural evolution than
anybody alive. His fascinating insights into just how weird
people like he and I are, with our western lifestyles, and what the
implications of that are for better and for worse, are a great
contribution to scholarship. -- Matt Ridley * author of 'How
Innovation Works' *
Propelled by a bold vision, this landmark study is required
reading for anyone curious about the origins of modernity --
Walter Scheidel, author of The Great Leveler
Henrich and his colleagues are shaking the foundations of
psychology and economics - and hoping to change the way social
scientists think about human behaviour and culture. * Pacific
Standard *
[A] sweeping and magisterial book, likely to become as foundational
to cultural psychology as the WEIRD acronym [Henrich] and his
colleagues coined a decade ago. -- Alex Mackiel * Quillette *
Joseph Henrich's The WEIRDest People in the World . . .
makes for stunning reading. (It is also written with such wit and
humor, and luminous clarity.) Probably an understatement to say
that it is one of the most important books of the year. -- Cass
Sunstein * author of Nudge *
One of the most interesting books I've read this year. -- James
Marriot (via Twitter)
A brilliant performance - accessible, playful and scholarly,
turning conventional history on its head and approaching it in a
new way. -- Simon Sebag-Montefiore * BBC History Books of the Year
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