Antonio Damasio's The Strange Order of Things is the latest in a series of books where the neuroscientist brings recent and complex scientific discoveries to a larger audience. I have always found pleasure and interest in reading Damasio's books, both as a psychodynamic practitioner and as someone interested in the neurosciences, but this book just feels different. I think that the author would rather enjoy the mention to feeling, and I would add that the difference is related to the extended goal of the book: how feelings act as a driving force for culture, contending that feelings are the generative force behind cultural