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The Resource The infested mind : why humans fear, loathe, and love insects, Jeffrey A. Lockwood

The infested mind : why humans fear, loathe, and love insects, Jeffrey A. Lockwood

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Summary
  • Exploring the nature of anxiety and phobia, Lockwood explores the lively debate about how much of our fear of insects can be attributed to ancestral predisposition for our own survival and how much is learned through individual experiences. Drawing on vivid case studies, Lockwood explains how insects have come to infest our minds in sometimes devastating ways and supersede even the most rational understanding of the benefits these creatures provide
  • "The human reaction to insects is neither purely biological nor simply cultural. And no one reacts to insects with indifference. Insects frighten, disgust and fascinate us. Jeff Lockwood explores this phenomenon through evolutionary science, human history, and contemporary psychology, as well as a debilitating bout with entomophobia in his work as an entomologist. Exploring the nature of anxiety and phobia, Lockwood explores the lively debate about how much of our fear of insects can be attributed to ancestral predisposition for our own survival and how much is learned through individual experiences. Drawing on vivid case studies, Lockwood explains how insects have come to infest our minds in sometimes devastating ways and supersede even the most rational understanding of the benefits these creatures provide. No one can claim to be ambivalent in the face of wasps, cockroaches or maggots but our collective entomophobia is wreaking havoc on the natural world as we soak our food, homes and gardens in powerful insecticides. Lockwood dissects our common reactions, distinguishing between disgust and fear, and invites readers to consider their own emotional and physiological reactions to insects in a new framework that he's derived from cutting-edge biological, psychological, and social science."--Publisher's description
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xxi, 203 pages
Contents
  • The nature of fear, and the fear of nature
  • Evolutionary psychology: survival of the scaredest
  • Learning to fear: little Miss Muffett's lesson
  • A fly in our mental soup: how insects push our disgust buttons
  • The maggoty mind: a natural history of disgust
  • The terrible trio: imagining insects into our lives
  • Treating the infested mind: exterminating entomophobia
  • Overcoming fear and disgust for fun and profit: the professionals
  • The infatuated mind: entomophilia as the human condition
  • Entomapatheia: can't we just live and let live?
  • Back to the "real" world: good night, sleep tight ... or maybe not
  • Epilogue: insects as a psychological precipice
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9780199930197
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The infested mind : why humans fear, loathe, and love insects
Title
The infested mind
Title remainder
why humans fear, loathe, and love insects
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Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • Exploring the nature of anxiety and phobia, Lockwood explores the lively debate about how much of our fear of insects can be attributed to ancestral predisposition for our own survival and how much is learned through individual experiences. Drawing on vivid case studies, Lockwood explains how insects have come to infest our minds in sometimes devastating ways and supersede even the most rational understanding of the benefits these creatures provide
  • "The human reaction to insects is neither purely biological nor simply cultural. And no one reacts to insects with indifference. Insects frighten, disgust and fascinate us. Jeff Lockwood explores this phenomenon through evolutionary science, human history, and contemporary psychology, as well as a debilitating bout with entomophobia in his work as an entomologist. Exploring the nature of anxiety and phobia, Lockwood explores the lively debate about how much of our fear of insects can be attributed to ancestral predisposition for our own survival and how much is learned through individual experiences. Drawing on vivid case studies, Lockwood explains how insects have come to infest our minds in sometimes devastating ways and supersede even the most rational understanding of the benefits these creatures provide. No one can claim to be ambivalent in the face of wasps, cockroaches or maggots but our collective entomophobia is wreaking havoc on the natural world as we soak our food, homes and gardens in powerful insecticides. Lockwood dissects our common reactions, distinguishing between disgust and fear, and invites readers to consider their own emotional and physiological reactions to insects in a new framework that he's derived from cutting-edge biological, psychological, and social science."--Publisher's description
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1960-
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Lockwood, Jeffrey Alan
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Insect phobia
  • Fear
  • Insects
  • Phobic Disorders
  • Insecta
  • Fear
  • Entomophobie
  • Peur
  • Insectes
  • fear
  • Insects
  • Fear
  • Insect phobia
  • Angst
  • Insekten
  • Phobie
Label
The infested mind : why humans fear, loathe, and love insects, Jeffrey A. Lockwood
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The nature of fear, and the fear of nature -- Evolutionary psychology: survival of the scaredest -- Learning to fear: little Miss Muffett's lesson -- A fly in our mental soup: how insects push our disgust buttons -- The maggoty mind: a natural history of disgust -- The terrible trio: imagining insects into our lives -- Treating the infested mind: exterminating entomophobia -- Overcoming fear and disgust for fun and profit: the professionals -- The infatuated mind: entomophilia as the human condition -- Entomapatheia: can't we just live and let live? -- Back to the "real" world: good night, sleep tight ... or maybe not -- Epilogue: insects as a psychological precipice
Control code
829445936
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxi, 203 pages
Isbn
9780199930197
Lccn
2013005383
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)829445936
Label
The infested mind : why humans fear, loathe, and love insects, Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The nature of fear, and the fear of nature -- Evolutionary psychology: survival of the scaredest -- Learning to fear: little Miss Muffett's lesson -- A fly in our mental soup: how insects push our disgust buttons -- The maggoty mind: a natural history of disgust -- The terrible trio: imagining insects into our lives -- Treating the infested mind: exterminating entomophobia -- Overcoming fear and disgust for fun and profit: the professionals -- The infatuated mind: entomophilia as the human condition -- Entomapatheia: can't we just live and let live? -- Back to the "real" world: good night, sleep tight ... or maybe not -- Epilogue: insects as a psychological precipice
Control code
829445936
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxi, 203 pages
Isbn
9780199930197
Lccn
2013005383
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)829445936

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