The Taming of Evolution : the Persistence of Nonevolutionary Views in the Study of Humans.

The theory of evolution has clearly altered our views of the biological world, but in the study of human beings, evolutionary and preevolutionary views continue to coexist in a state of perpetual tension. The Taming of Evolution addresses the questions of how and why this is so. Davydd Greenwood off...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenwood, Davydd
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Temas:
Human evolution.
Nature and nurture.
Sociobiology.
Physical anthropology > Philosophy.
Êtres humains > Évolution.
Hérédité et milieu.
Sociobiologie.
Anthropologie physique > Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
Human evolution
Nature and nurture
Physical anthropology > Philosophy
Sociobiology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the Darwinian revolution?
  • I. Major western views of nature
  • 1. Humoral/environmental theories and the chain of being
  • 2. Evolving natural categories : Darwin's unique legacy
  • II. Simple continuities
  • 3. Humoral politics : races, constitutional types, and ethnic and national character
  • III. Complex continuities
  • 4. Purity of blood and social hierarchy
  • 5. An enlightenment humoralist : Don Diego de Torres Villarroel
  • 6. Human sociobiology
  • 7. Cultural materialism
  • Conclusion : the unmet challenges of evolutionary biology.

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