Who's Afraid of Charles Darwin? : Debating Feminism and Evolutionary Theory.

The relationship between feminism and the biological sciences has always been particularly tense and hostile. Feminists have been inclined not to trust what scientists had to say about the sexes, with science often being pronounced a Owhite, male enterprise. O But why should feminism and the biologi...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Vandermassen, Griet
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
Sujets:
Feminism.
Human evolution.
Human biology.
Sociobiology.
Feminist theory.
Feminism
Féminisme.
Êtres humains > Évolution.
Biologie humaine.
Sociobiologie.
Théorie féministe.
feminism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Feminist theory
Human biology
Human evolution
Sociobiology
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Résumé:The relationship between feminism and the biological sciences has always been particularly tense and hostile. Feminists have been inclined not to trust what scientists had to say about the sexes, with science often being pronounced a Owhite, male enterprise. O But why should feminism and the biological sciences remain at odds? And what might be gained from a reconciliation? In Who's Afraid of Charles Darwin? Griet Vandermassen shows that, rather than continuing this enmity, feminism and the biological sciences, and in particular evolutionary psychology, have the potential and the need to become.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (403 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461647072
146164707X
0742543501
9780742543508

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