The Meme Machine
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The Meme Machine is a popular science book by psychologist Susan Blackmore that explores the concept of memes as units of cultural evolution and their role in shaping human behavior and consciousness.
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book
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popular science book → |
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cultural evolution can be explained by memetic selection
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memes influence the development of human consciousness → memes shape human behavior → |
| author |
Susan Blackmore
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| countryOfPublication |
United Kingdom
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| coverArtist |
Oxford University Press design department
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| field |
cognitive science
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evolutionary psychology → memetics → |
| genre |
non-fiction
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science writing → |
| hasChapter |
A memetic theory of altruism
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Religion as a memeplex → The big brain → The evolution of culture → The future of memes → |
| hasConcept |
cultural replication
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evolution of culture → imitation → meme → memeplex → memes and consciousness → memes and language → memes and religion → memetic selection → selfish memes → |
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978-0192862129
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| hasReception |
controversial among scientists
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popular with general audiences → |
| influencedBy |
Richard Dawkins
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The Selfish Gene → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
consciousness
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cultural evolution → human behavior → memes → |
| mediaType |
print
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| notableFor |
extending the meme concept beyond Dawkins
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popularizing memetics → |
| pageCount |
288
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| proposes |
humans as meme machines
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| publicationYear |
1999
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| publisher |
Oxford University Press
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Referenced by (3)
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In Search of the Light
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Ten Zen Questions → |
relatedWork |
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Susan Blackmore
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notableWork |