Killer Apes, Naked Apes, and Just Plain Nasty People : The Misuse and Abuse of Science in Political Discourse /

In Killer Apes, Naked Apes, and Just Plain Nasty People, anthropologist Richard J. Perry delivers a scathing critique of determinism. Exploring the historical context and enduring popularity of the movement over the past century and a half, he debunks the facile and the reductionist thinking of so m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Perry, Richard John, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sociobiology.
Science > Philosophy.
Science and civilization.
Political anthropology.
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Sciences et civilisation.
Anthropologie politique.
Anthropologie > Philosophie.
Sociobiologie.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Killer Apes, Naked Apes, and Just Plain Nasty People, anthropologist Richard J. Perry delivers a scathing critique of determinism. Exploring the historical context and enduring popularity of the movement over the past century and a half, he debunks the facile and the reductionist thinking of so many popularizers of biological determinism while considering why biological explanations have resonated in ways that serve to justify deeply conservative points of view.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9781421417523

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