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Missing the revolution : Darwinism for social scientists

Author: Jerome H Barkow
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The naturalizing perspective of Darwinian thought has become one of the major intellectual currents of our time, pervading contemporary understandings of human nature and society. Unfortunately, many social scientists in sociology, psychology, and sociocultural anthropology have failed to engage with it. Barkow asks his fellow social scientists to put aside their all-too-common preconceptions and stereotypes of the  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jerome H Barkow
ISBN: 0195130022 9780195130027
OCLC Number: 57319425
Description: vii, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction : Sometimes the bus does wait / Jerome H. Barkow --
Feminism and evolutionary psychology / Anne Campbell --
The male flash of anger : violent response to transgression as an example of the intersection of evolved psychology and culture / Daniel M.T. Fessler --
Evolutionary explanation : between science and values / Ullica Segerstråle --
Making hay out of straw? Real and imagined controversies in evolutionary psychology / Robert Kurzban and Martie G. Haselton --
Behavioral ecology and the social sciences / Lee Cronk --
The impact of primatology on the study of human society / Lars Rodseth and Shannon A. Novak --
Evolutionary psychology and criminal behavior / Anthony Walsh --
Evolution, agency, and sociology / Bernd Baldus.
Responsibility: edited by Jerome H. Barkow.

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An invitation to social scientists to engage with Darwinian thought, which is a large part of the non-sociological study of human nature and society. This book presents applications of evolutionary  Read more...
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