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... evolutionary biology for the study of human social behavior. Western biologists and social scientists were now nearly unanimous in their belief that not only were biological concepts and analogies of virtually no use as an aid to our ...
... evolutionary biology for the study of human social behavior. Western biologists and social scientists were now nearly unanimous in their belief that not only were biological concepts and analogies of virtually no use as an aid to our ...
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... evolutionary debates and its broader cultural context is the aim of this book. Conceptually weak and historically ill-informed, previous attempts at a sociological analysis of this phenomenon have been inadequate. To Randall Collins ...
... evolutionary debates and its broader cultural context is the aim of this book. Conceptually weak and historically ill-informed, previous attempts at a sociological analysis of this phenomenon have been inadequate. To Randall Collins ...
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... evolutionary biology have remained obscure. By reexamining this debate and the social, philosophical, and scientific factors that have influenced it, and by focusing particularly on the social Darwinism of Herbert Spencer, William ...
... evolutionary biology have remained obscure. By reexamining this debate and the social, philosophical, and scientific factors that have influenced it, and by focusing particularly on the social Darwinism of Herbert Spencer, William ...
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... Evolutionary biology would help America win its struggle with the Soviets for the minds and spirits of men, while rescuing American youth from decadence and self- indulgence by imbuing them with a sense of meaning and purpose in life ...
... Evolutionary biology would help America win its struggle with the Soviets for the minds and spirits of men, while rescuing American youth from decadence and self- indulgence by imbuing them with a sense of meaning and purpose in life ...
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... Evolutionary biology has been referred to as a source of scientific sanction for a variety of social and political perspectives. Nevertheless, this misleading equation of all such efforts, past and present, with reactionary, capitalist ...
... Evolutionary biology has been referred to as a source of scientific sanction for a variety of social and political perspectives. Nevertheless, this misleading equation of all such efforts, past and present, with reactionary, capitalist ...
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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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 |
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