The Social Meaning of Modern BiologyTransaction Publishers |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 13
Page 8
... Marxism and Nazism make clear. What, then, are the prospects for the latest mixture of myth and science and for the moralities that they claim to sanction? Despite the fervor of its critics, the intellectual reception of this new ...
... Marxism and Nazism make clear. What, then, are the prospects for the latest mixture of myth and science and for the moralities that they claim to sanction? Despite the fervor of its critics, the intellectual reception of this new ...
Page 14
... Marx's own use of "organic analogies" and the "uniform action of natural laws" to explain human history, this may be the first time that Marx has inadvertently been denounced as a capitalist ideologue. See Young (1973). today. In the ...
... Marx's own use of "organic analogies" and the "uniform action of natural laws" to explain human history, this may be the first time that Marx has inadvertently been denounced as a capitalist ideologue. See Young (1973). today. In the ...
Page 25
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
Page 71
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
Page 72
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
You have reached your viewing limit for this book.
Contents
From Metaphysics to Molecular Biology | 44 |
From Molecular Biology to Social Theory | 77 |
The Natural Theology of E O Wilson | 96 |
The Popularization of Human Sociobiology | 136 |
Other editions - View all
The Social Meaning of Modern Biology: From Social Darwinism to Sociobiology Howard Kaye Limited preview - 2017 |
The Social Meaning of Modern Biology: From Social Darwinism to Sociobiology Howard Kaye Limited preview - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
according achieve adaptive altruism animal appeared argue attempt become behavior belief biological biologists cause century choice Christian claims concerns considered contemporary continued Crick critics cultural Darwinian Darwinism determinism direction effect efforts environment ethics evolution evolutionary example existence expression fact faith findings fitness force forms function genes genetic hopes human Huxley implications important individual intellectual interests interpretation knowledge laws leading less living Marxism material means mechanisms metaphysical mind molecular biology Monod moral myth natural selection objective offered organism origins perspective philosophical physical political popular position possible present problem programmed progress proved question reason reduced reductionism refer reflects religion religious remains reproductive response role scientific scientists seemed selfish sense serve simply social social Darwinism society sociobiology species Spencer Stent structure struggle success suggested theory thought tion traditional ultimate universal values Western Wilson writings