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Loved each and every part of this book. I will definitely recommend this book to non fiction, psychology lovers. Your Rating:. Peoplewatching is the culmination of a career of watching people - their behaviour and habits, their personalities and their quirks. Desmond Morris shows us how people, consciously and unconsciously, signal their attitudes, desires and innermost feelings with their bodies and actions, often more powerfully than with their words. Psychology Self-Improvement Sociology Nonfiction.
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Your session has expired. Please sign in again so you can continue to borrow titles and access your Loans, Wish list, and Holds pages. If you're still having trouble, follow these steps to sign in. Probably nowhere is this type of misuse more prevalent than in advertising and from that standpoint, having knowledge of it may also help one protect oneself against those who would manipulate the various ways we signal to one another. Jun 02, Douglas rated it it was ok Shelves: did-not-finish. I'm a pretty open minded guy, but his books always feel a bit creepy and porny to me.
View 1 comment. Nov 04, Nicholas Whyte rated it liked it. To be honest, I found it entertaining rather than enlightening; there is no over-arching theory other than that it pays to pay attention to what people are doing as well as saying. It is interesting to see how some gestures can mean quite different things in different countries - in some places the beckoning gesture that I use, moving my hand towards me, actually means "go away"; my daughter's habit of telling us not to bother her by pushing her open hand towards us is amusing here but extremely rude in Greece.
Before the motivational speaker with his and her pretence of knowing body language, before Joe Braysich, before Allan Pease, before me! You have to take your hat off to someone who dedicated his time and studies to helping us get on with each other, understand each other and to stop looking and acting like apes.
This felt very much like a TV series tie-in which I assume it was and wasn't necessarily particularly 'in depth', but Morris did make this a very approachable introduction to sociology - talking about cultural differences, gender differences, and a variety of other areas in the context of subtle signals and gestures etc.
Interesting stuff, but only a primer to the subject. Mar 21, Sandi Mann added it. Bought it in April and have tried very hard since then to finish it. Jul 21, C. An incredibly detailed yet very readable analysis of all aspects of human behavior. I'm always on the lookout for good reference material as I write about social and health issues and "Peoplewatching" was a gold mine for that.
It's as relevant today as when the first edition was published in Sep 11, G. Desmond Morris studies mankind's social behavior and explains it as he would an animal, indeed pointing out in his introduction that "We are animals, after all.
Certainly worth looking through. Exhaustive study of human body language. Who knew there were so many gestures in common between distant cultures. A super interesting and informative read. I will have to re-read sometime again. View all 3 comments. Nov 14, Meg rated it liked it. Comprehensive and interesting, but a bit too clinical, and less entertaining than his other books. Mar 28, Barry Smith rated it really liked it Shelves: my-reviews.
Fascinating, though it could do with a modern update for some sections. Feb 06, Ash rated it really liked it. TL;DR Great book about human body language. Bit sciency, not my taste.
Still enjoyed reading the mammoth sized book. Took a while as I prefer fiction. Would recommend. As a kid I enjoyed reading textbooks and devouring information that almost seemed useless, yet lo and behold: here I was reading what could really pass as a university level textbook again. But this time, the book was about me. Let me clarify, Peoplewatching is more a book about the detailed history, and study of human behavi TL;DR Great book about human body language.
Let me clarify, Peoplewatching is more a book about the detailed history, and study of human behavior, movement, and most importantly play. You can read the book for yourself to dive into chapters that detail the evolutionary traits that humans exhibit in our everyday activities and hobbies.
What caught my attention is that this book is exactly what the title is about. There are some parts where the age of the text does show, and in some cases as a guy myself I felt at odds with some of the selections in the book. That being said, the book itself is a novel of information that details most of what we can understand about human body language.
Sep 28, Vijay Peddada rated it really liked it. Gud book, helped me professionally May 10, Anooj Poozhikuth rated it it was amazing Shelves: science-best. Amazing book! A very first step in understanding mentalism. Jun 05, Adarsh Appaiah rated it liked it. Good as dull coffee-table book with interesting anecdotes. There aren't any practical learnings from this book. An interesting anthropological study. Oct 22, Santhosh Shetty rated it it was amazing. I have a feeling that this is one of the most important books I will have read in my life.
Great, great book. An interesting survey, but not much useful on interpreting body language or facial expression. Dec 21, Satya Deep rated it really liked it. An excellent read which goes much beyond simple people watching to the realm of psychological interpretation of mannerisms and actions. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one ». Readers also enjoyed. Self Help. About Desmond Morris. Desmond Morris. Desmond John Morris born 24 January is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology.
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