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Awe

**"Read this book to connect with your highest self. " **-- Susan Cain, #1 *New York Times* bestselling author of *Bittersweet* and *Quiet * "We need more awe in our lives, and Dacher Keltner has written the definitive book on where to find it." **-- Adam Grant, #1 *New York Times* bestselling author of *Think Again*** * *** " *Awe* is awesome in both senses: a superb analysis of an emotion that is strongly felt but poorly understood, with a showcase of examples that remind us of what is worthy of our awe." **-- Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of *How the Mind Works* and *Rationality*** From a foremost expert on the science of emotions and consultant to Pixar's *Inside Out* , a groundbreaking and essential exploration into the history, science, and greater understanding of awe** Awe is mysterious. How...

Dacher Keltner

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Advance Praise for Awe

“Twenty years of insight about awe. Whoa! On every continent and in every imaginable religion. Wow. Intensely personal, recognizably collective, and utterly universal, Keltner’s stories and science of awe are inspired. Awe merges us with systems larger than self—nature, music, art, spirit, morality, collectives, life, and death. We are better for Keltner’s account. Read it. Aahhh.”

—Susan T. Fiske, coauthor of Social Cognition: From Brains to Culture and author of Envy Up, Scorn Down: How Status Divides Us

“A researcher who has taught us new ways to think about generosity and cooperation has turned his attention to one of the most understudied emotions of all, Awe. Eye-opening and mind-expanding.”

—Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of Mother Nature and Mothers and Others: The Origins of Mutual Understanding

“Our troubling times, our clickbait media, even our own habits of mind, blanket our consciousness with the negative and threatening in life. This book is a counterforce. Powerful, erudite, rooted in brilliant research, but always fascinatingly accessible, it uplifts the wonderful in life. From the beauty of movement in sports to the moral courage of a friend, it’s a guide to how to see and experience the wonder that is always all around us. It balances consciousness. It has been a long time since I’ve read anything as inspiring. I’d say race to read it. You won’t be disappointed.”

—Claude M. Steele, Lucie Stern Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University

“Dacher Keltner has written a deeply personal, scientifically brilliant treatise on an emotion he convinces us we need to experience more often in our daily lives.”

—Richard E. Nisbett, author of Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking

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library of congress cataloging-in-publication data

Names: Keltner, Dacher, author.

Title: Awe: the new science of everyday wonder and how it can transform your life / Dacher Keltner.

Description: New York: Penguin Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022002707 (print) | LCCN 2022002708 (ebook) | ISBN 9781984879684 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781984879691 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593653012 (international edition)

Subjects: LCSH: Awe. | Wonder.

Classification: LCC BF575.A9 K45 2022 (print) | LCC BF575.A9 (ebook) | DDC 152.4—dc23/eng/20220921

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022002707

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022002708

Cover design: Christopher Brian King

Cover photograph: Annapurna Mellor

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For Rolf Keltner

From wonder into wonder, existence opens.

• Lao Tzu

Contents

Introduction