Darwin, sex, and status : biological approaches to mind and culture /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barkow, Jerome H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 1989.
Temas:
Sociobiology.
Human biology > Social aspects.
Human behavior.
Anthropology.
Social evolution.
Behavior genetics.
Human behavior > Social aspects.
Anthropology
Cultural Evolution
Genetics, Behavioral
Social Behavior
Behavior
Sociobiologie.
Comportement humain > Aspect social.
Comportement humain.
Anthropologie.
Évolution sociale.
Génétique du comportement.
human behavior.
anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Soziobiologie
Soziobiologie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • 1 Introduction
  • Vertically Integrated Explanation
  • Why Is This Book Necessary?
  • Adumbration
  • Evolution Will Not Be Challenged
  • If No Field Is an Island Then What Are All Those Ferries For?
  • Summary
  • Part One. Basic Theory
  • 2 Darwin and Genes
  • Blind Variation and Selective Retention
  • Genes and Evolution
  • Levels of Evolution and Units of Selection
  • Human Sociobiology
  • Summary
  • 3 Differing Interests: Deceit, Sex, Rivalry, Influence, and Altruism
  • More about Genetic Selfishness
  • Reciprocal Altruism: More CalculatingSexual Selection
  • Deception
  • Sex and Deceit
  • Deception and the Fitness Interests of Offspring
  • Infanticide in Langurs as a Test Case
  • Are the Four DNA Bases Really the Three Fates?
  • Summary
  • Part Two. Mind and Awareness
  • 4 Self, Soul, Brain, Body, Mind
  • The Need for a Sketch of the Intra-Individual System
  • Fitting into Neurophysiology
  • Self-Awareness
  • Finding the Self with a Map
  • Evolved Complexities of the Self: Deception and Language
  • Summary
  • 5 Goals, Attention, Awareness
  • The Intra-Individual Information-Processing SystemGoals and Subgoals, Plans and Subplans
  • Codes
  • Recapitulation of Goals/Plans/Codes
  • Pay Attention!
  • Conflicts with Mr Spock: Emotion and Rationality
  • Distributed Information-Processing
  • Assembling the Sketch of the Intra-Individual System
  • Summary
  • Part Three. Culture, Prestige, and Self-Esteem
  • 6 Culture: An Introduction
  • The Concept of Culture
  • Culture the Creator
  • Summary
  • 7 Culture and the Intra-Individual System
  • Review
  • Culture as Information
  • Goals and Plans
  • Codes and SubcodesSelection and the Information Components of Culture
  • Ecological Constraints
  • This Trichotomy Is Provisional
  • Testing Hypotheses
  • Summary
  • 8 Relative Standing, Prestige, and Self-Esteem
  • Outline of This Chapter
  • Dominance and Aggression
  • Neurophysiology
  • The Transition from Primate Dominance to Human Self-Esteem
  • Social Identity and Skill Category
  • Males Selecting Females
  • Self-Esteem
  • Prestige and Economics
  • Identity and Criteria for the Allocation of Prestige
  • Dominance, Development, and Human Ethology
  • Dominance, Prestige, and Reproductive SuccessUnanswered Questions
  • Summary
  • 9 Prestige Processes in the Context of Culture
  • Dreams, Deeds, and War: Hausa and Ibo in Nigeria
  • Two Moslem Men from Maradi
  • An Incipient Ethnic Split
  • Conclusions
  • Summary
  • Part Four. Alternative Approaches and Maladaptation
  • 10 Other Approaches to Gene-Culture Interrelationships
  • Similar Components, Different Emphases
  • Emphasizing Culture
  • Emphasizing Environment: Marvin Harris and Cultural Materialism
  • Lumsden, Wilson, Genes, Mind, Culture

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