Opere Minori / Ludovico Ariosto ; cur. Cesare Segre

• Record Nr.: UNISOBE600200003683
• Autore: Ariosto, Ludovico
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milano . Napoli : Riccardo Ricciardi, 1954
• Descrizione fisica: 1254 p. : XXV ; 22 cm
• Collana: La Letteratura italiana . Storia e testi ; 20
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: (ag)

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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822412603321
• Autore: Lockwood Jeffrey Alan <1960->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 0-19-993020-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 pages ) : illustrations (black and white)
• Disciplina: 616.85/225
• Soggetti: Insect phobia; Fear
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines the unique psychological attitude of human beings toward insects, and discusses why people are scared, disgusted, or enthralled by them.