Father Nature: The Science of Paternal Potential
Rilling, James K.
- 出版商: MIT
- 出版日期: 2024-10-01
- 售價: $1,330
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,264
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 392
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 0262048930
- ISBN-13: 9780262048934
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How and why human males evolved the capacity to be highly involved caregivers--and why some are more involved than others.
We all know the importance of mothers. They are typically as paramount in the wild as they are in human relationships. But what about fathers? In most mammals, including our closest living primate relatives, fathers have little to no involvement in raising their offspring--and sometimes even kill the offspring sired by other fathers. How, then, can we explain modern fathers with the capacity to be highly engaged parents? In Father Nature, James Rilling explores how humans have evolved to endow modern fathers with this potential and considers why this capacity evolved in humans. Paternal caregiving is highly advantageous to children and, by extension, to society at large, yet highly variable both across and within human societies. Rilling considers how to explain this variability, and what social and policy changes might be implemented to increase positive paternal involvement. Along the way, Father Nature also covers the impact fathers have on children's development, the evolution of paternal caregiving, how natural selection adapted male physiology for caregiving, and finally, what lessons an expecting father can take away from the book, as well as what benefits they themselves get from raising children, including increased longevity and "younger" brains. A beautifully written book by a father himself, Father Nature is a much needed--and deeply rewarding--look at the science behind "good" paternal behavior in humans.
We all know the importance of mothers. They are typically as paramount in the wild as they are in human relationships. But what about fathers? In most mammals, including our closest living primate relatives, fathers have little to no involvement in raising their offspring--and sometimes even kill the offspring sired by other fathers. How, then, can we explain modern fathers with the capacity to be highly engaged parents? In Father Nature, James Rilling explores how humans have evolved to endow modern fathers with this potential and considers why this capacity evolved in humans. Paternal caregiving is highly advantageous to children and, by extension, to society at large, yet highly variable both across and within human societies. Rilling considers how to explain this variability, and what social and policy changes might be implemented to increase positive paternal involvement. Along the way, Father Nature also covers the impact fathers have on children's development, the evolution of paternal caregiving, how natural selection adapted male physiology for caregiving, and finally, what lessons an expecting father can take away from the book, as well as what benefits they themselves get from raising children, including increased longevity and "younger" brains. A beautifully written book by a father himself, Father Nature is a much needed--and deeply rewarding--look at the science behind "good" paternal behavior in humans.
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如何以及為什麼人類男性進化出高度參與照顧的能力——以及為什麼有些男性比其他男性更為投入。
我們都知道母親的重要性。在野外，她們的角色通常與人類關係中一樣至關重要。但父親呢？在大多數哺乳動物中，包括我們最親近的現存靈長類親戚，父親在撫養後代方面幾乎沒有參與，甚至有時會殺死其他父親所生的後代。那麼，我們如何解釋現代父親具備高度參與的能力呢？在《Father Nature》中，詹姆斯·瑞林探討了人類如何進化，使現代父親擁有這種潛力，並考慮為什麼這種能力會在人類中進化。
父親的照顧對孩子以及整個社會都是非常有利的，但在不同的人類社會之間以及社會內部的變異性卻很大。瑞林考慮了如何解釋這種變異性，以及可以實施哪些社會和政策變革來增加積極的父親參與。在此過程中，《Father Nature》還探討了父親對孩子發展的影響、父親照顧的進化、自然選擇如何使男性生理適應照顧的需求，以及即將成為父親的人可以從書中獲得的啟示，以及他們自己在撫養孩子過程中所獲得的好處，包括延長壽命和「年輕」的大腦。
這是一本由父親本人撰寫的優美著作，《Father Nature》是對人類「良好」父親行為背後科學的深刻且必要的探討。
作者簡介
James K. Rilling is Professor of Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University, and Director of the Laboratory for Darwinian Neuroscience. He is married and the father of two children.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
詹姆斯·K·瑞林是埃默里大學的心理學教授及精神醫學與行為科學教授，也是達爾文神經科學實驗室的主任。他已婚，育有兩名子女。
