Deceit and Self-Deception: Fooling Yourself the Better to Fool Others
- ISBN-10
- 0141019913
- ISBN-13
- 9780141019918
- Category
- Deception
- Pages
- 399
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-01-30
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Author
- Robert Trivers
Description
We lie to ourselves every day: about how well we drive, how much we're enjoying ourselves - even how good looking we are. In this ground-breaking book, Robert Trivers examines not only how we self-deceive, but also why, taking fascinating examples from aviation disasters, con artists, sexual betrayals and conflicts within families. Revealing, provocative and witty, Deceit and Self-Deception is one of the most vital books written this century, and will make you rethink everything that you think you know. 'Original and important . . . remarkable, thick with ideas.' Financial Times 'One of the great thinkers in the history of Western thought.' Steven Pinker 'A swift tour of links between deception and evolutionary progress . . . fascinating.' Economist 'I devoured it from cover to cover . . . exhilarating.' Guardian 'A powerful book . . . essential for anyone who wants to try to counter their own unconscious biases.' Independent
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Other editions
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- 2011-10-06
- 416 pages
- Paperback
- Penguin UK
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