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... determinism, of the kind that "provided an important basis ... for the eugenics policies which led to the establishment of gas chambers in Nazi Germany" (E. Allen et al. 1975), this new wave of social-biological theorizing seems to me ...
... determinism, of the kind that "provided an important basis ... for the eugenics policies which led to the establishment of gas chambers in Nazi Germany" (E. Allen et al. 1975), this new wave of social-biological theorizing seems to me ...
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... determinism [of the 1970s] rests upon no recent fund of information" but is instead the result of "contemporary social and political forces": the revival of racism and social frustration caused by the failure of costly welfare programs ...
... determinism [of the 1970s] rests upon no recent fund of information" but is instead the result of "contemporary social and political forces": the revival of racism and social frustration caused by the failure of costly welfare programs ...
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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 |
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