Meaning-making from a global perspective

Is there a scientific answer to the question of why we are here? In his new book, professor of Digital Humanities Rens Bod shows that there is. The book provides the first historical-anthropological overview of the hundreds of forms of meaning-making in the world. What do science and scholarship have to say about the search for meaning in life? More than we think. There is, for example, compelling evidence that people with more meaningful activities lead healthier, longer, happier lives, and that they are more attractive. Thus knowledge of meaning-making pays off.