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The New York Times Sunday Book Review:
Thomas Nagel, philosophy and law professor at the New York University, recognizes Brooks’ expectation in The Social Animals to “assemble the evidence for a certain conception of the human mind, the wellsprings of action and the causes of success and failure in life, and to draw implications for social policy”. However in Nagel’s opinion, it is a poor decision to create two imaginary people and their life story only to support “the display of psychological social generalization” and the method is hardly convincing.
Thomas Nagel, philosophy and law professor at the New York University, recognizes Brooks’ expectation in The Social Animals to “assemble the evidence for a certain conception of the human mind, the wellsprings of action and the causes of success and failure in life, and to draw implications for social policy”. However in Nagel’s opinion, it is a poor decision to create two imaginary people and their life story only to support “the display of psychological social generalization” and the method is hardly convincing.
Forbes Book Review:
Critic Will Wilkinson published this scornful review to criticize about the “narrowly defined” view of success and achievement in the book The Social Animal. He argues that, “the story of Harold and Erica does not really illustrate a new, coherent, science-based theory of human nature” but only a disordered mixture of scientific anecdotes.
Critic Will Wilkinson published this scornful review to criticize about the “narrowly defined” view of success and achievement in the book The Social Animal. He argues that, “the story of Harold and Erica does not really illustrate a new, coherent, science-based theory of human nature” but only a disordered mixture of scientific anecdotes.
The Washington Post Book Review:
This book review highly praises the influence of The Social Animal as a book that discusses a variety of social aspects and the underlying human nature. Critic Paul Bloom comments on how the book “explores attachment, parenting, schooling, love, family, culture, achievement, marriage, politics, morality, aging, death and much more”. He also points out Brooks’ fun and stylistic technique of illustrating deep thoughts “in the form of a story”.
This book review highly praises the influence of The Social Animal as a book that discusses a variety of social aspects and the underlying human nature. Critic Paul Bloom comments on how the book “explores attachment, parenting, schooling, love, family, culture, achievement, marriage, politics, morality, aging, death and much more”. He also points out Brooks’ fun and stylistic technique of illustrating deep thoughts “in the form of a story”.
The Wall Street Journal Book Review:
This book review comments on how the narrative in The Social Animal follows a systematic chronological and thematic order. Professor and critic Christopher F. Chabris agrees that the book addresses the little importance of conscious experience in our mental life and the “science's growing realization of correlation between the person and the brain”. He recognizes the depth of research and practical evidence The Social Animals involves but also questions the correctness for some of the conclusions Brooks draws in his book.
This book review comments on how the narrative in The Social Animal follows a systematic chronological and thematic order. Professor and critic Christopher F. Chabris agrees that the book addresses the little importance of conscious experience in our mental life and the “science's growing realization of correlation between the person and the brain”. He recognizes the depth of research and practical evidence The Social Animals involves but also questions the correctness for some of the conclusions Brooks draws in his book.
Salon.com Book Review:
In this book review, science writer PZ Myers harshly criticizes The Social Animals as “the arid wasteland of David Brooks’ didactic novel”. Its lack of authenticity and clear main argument, in Myers’ eyes, “undercuts the science” and makes the narrative bizarre and hard to follow.
In this book review, science writer PZ Myers harshly criticizes The Social Animals as “the arid wasteland of David Brooks’ didactic novel”. Its lack of authenticity and clear main argument, in Myers’ eyes, “undercuts the science” and makes the narrative bizarre and hard to follow.
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