The Professor in the Cage

NA Download The Professor in the Cage By Jonathan Gottschall – kino-fada.fr This book was a dried poodle turd It could ve been good, but the guy drones on and on about masculinity and science I just wanted to hear about your training, bro If I wanted to read a science book, I wouldn t read one written by an adjunct English comp teache...The Professor, Jonathan Gottschall, asks why men like to fight, and in this book he is talking about fighting for sport, or for fun, not war or other life and death battles While I don t quite get why men like to box or cage fight, I do get that competition is fun and that it s an extreme form of competition Not that mysterious But I am perplexed at the enjoyment seemingly civilized people seem to get from watching others batter each other to a bloody pulp Although we are in a relatively pea The Professor, Jonathan Gottschall, asks why men like to fight, and in this book he is talking about fighting for sport, or for fun, not war or other life and death battles While I don t quite get why men like to box or cage fight, I do get that competit...Animals fight humans fight, too Women fight men fight, too But men arelikely to fight physically and frequently Some might say men are just asinine in so doing and men ought to be civilized Jonathan Gotschall, an English professor, argues that men are the way they are owing to many reasons Better yet, he places himself in the middle of fights to find out why men fight even if death might result Gottschall had been a wimp, not being able to stand up for himself all his life He deci Animals fight humans fight, too Women fight men fight, too But men arelikely to fight physically and frequently Some might say men are ...I can t even This book is full of pseudoscience and gender stereotypes Gottschall takes actual science and facts, relies only on nature arguments, discards nurture arguments, then he takes these facts and submerges them in a mixture of good ol boys and wanna be a real fighter so bads For example in one scene his daughter goes inside with his wife and tells him he can t come in and bake cookies presumably because he is a man He then waxes on about how men are always on the outside of the f I can t even This book is full of pseudoscience and gender stereotypes Gottschall takes actual science and facts, relies only on nature arguments, discards nurture arguments, then he takes these facts and submerges them in a mixture of good ol boys and wanna be a real fighter so bads For example in one scene his daughter goes inside with his wife and tells him he can t come in and bake cookies presumably because he is a man He then waxes on about how men are always on the outs...The premise is strong, unfortunately this book soon devolves into a Jordan Peterson esque smorgasbord of soft science and half baked philosophy I think this idea would ve worked better as a long personal essay, because as a full length book it demands a rigorous approach to the many topics the author glides through Or perhaps a series of essays as there ...This is, despite the author s claims, a book about a midlife crisis But, rather than the tedious routine midlife crisis of divorce, red sports car, and much younger girlfriend, Gottschall an associate professor in English at a small liberal arts college decides to take up MMA cage fighting He s in his late 30 s, and claims that deep down he thought it might be a good way to get fired, so that he can move on to something else.You might conclude from this that Gottschall is kind of a jock, who This is, despite the author s claims, a book about a midlife crisis But, rather than the tedious routine midlife crisis of divorce, red sports car, and much younger girlfriend, Gottschall an associate professor in English at a small liberal arts college decides to take up MMA cage fighting He s in his late 30 s, and claims that deep down he thought it might be a good way to get fired, so that he can move on to something else.You might conclude from this that Gottschall is kind of a jock, who somehow ended up teaching English by mistake You would be incorrect He has half a dozen books to his credit examining his field basically storytelling and how it relates to human biological and evolutionary attributes, as for example The Storytelling An...The Professor In The Cage Why Men Fight And Why We Like To Watch by Jonathan Gottschall is a fascinating look at fighting and violence through the eyes of a college professor who not only researching fighting and violence, but joined a MMA gym to train and actually enter the arena to fight It is well written, eye opening, and an enjoyable read for anyone interested in why men fight and why so many enjoy watching.Gottschall chronicles his own journey, including his apprehensions and fears, as The Professor In The Cage Why Men Fight And Why We Like To Watch by Jonathan Gottschall is a fascinating look at fighting and violence through the eyes of a college professor who not only researching fighting and violence, but joined a MMA gym to train and actually enter the arena...Bills itself as analysis of make violence but instead is an apology for the same, a repetitive scree about how gender is actually innate with no evidence btw and no interrogation of the homophobia he learned during childhood games of smear the queer There is no scholarship here, just sad,...Check out my free summaries at camsreads.comElevator Pitch The Professor in the Cage takes a fascinating look at the historical connection between the civilized violence we express today and it s origins If you thought that we are any different from ancient societies you are wrong, we just package it and make it prettier.Read Time 5 minutesLets begin with this Jonathan Gottschall is hands down one of my favorite storytellers to read He makes nonfiction and self development feel like a great Check out my free summaries at camsreads.comElevator Pitch The Professor in the Cage takes a fascinating look at the historical connection between the civilized violence we express today and it...Well researched and very enthralling Insightful and entertaing Gottschall spends a lot of time explaining what most conservative, blue collar males already know so its interesting to see the journey of change he goes through by the end of his book I really enjoyed the dismantling of martial art...

The Professor in the Cage
  • English
  • 02 September 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 304 pages
  • 1594205639
  • Jonathan Gottschall
  • The Professor in the Cage