Book
The infested mind : why humans fear, loathe, and love insects / Jeffrey A. Lockwood.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780199930197 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xxi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, [2013]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: the infestation begins -- 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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Insect phobia. Fear. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
