Written by a leading neuroscientist, a groundbreaking work that connects the sciences of biology and sociology and offers a new way of understanding the origins of life, emotions, and culture.
The Strange State of Things is an innovative exploration of homeostasis, the organism's ability to maintain internal functions in a state of stability, adapting to changes in the environment and thus regulating human psychology, enabling not only survival but also the flourishing of life. 

Antonio Damasio makes it clear that from a biological, psychological, and social perspective, we descend from a long line of ancestors, starting with single-celled organisms. He also shows that our thoughts and cultures are connected by an invisible thread to the ways and means of primitive single-celled life and other primitive forms of life. 

And that within our chemistry lies a powerful force, a tendency to preserve life, which covers life in all its forms, including the development of genes that contribute to the regulation and transmission of life. In the book The Strange State of Things, Damasio offers us a new way of understanding the world and our place in it.