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Sociobiology and politics

Title
Sociobiology and politics / editors: Albert Somit, Steven A. Peterson ; volume editors: Vincent S.E. Falger, Peter Meyer, Johan M.G. van der Dennen.
Publication
Greenwich, Conn. ; London : Jai, 1998.

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  • Somit, Albert.
  • Falger, V. S. E., 1946-
  • Peterson, Steven A.
  • Meyer, Peter, 1941-
  • Dennen, J. van der (Johan)
Description
xvi, 281 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Research in biopolitics ; v. 6
Uniform Title
Research in biopolitics ; v. 6.
Subject
  • Bioethics
  • Biopolitics
  • Sociobiology
  • Biopolitics > Research
  • Sociobiology > Political aspects
Contents
Pt. 1. Sociobiology and politics in theory: debate on group selection as a basis for analysis of group behavior: Group selection and the evolution of culture / James H. Fetzer -- Holistic Darwinism: synergy and the new evolutionary paradigm / Peter A. Corning -- Beyond the supercomputer: social groups as self-invention machines / Howard K. Bloom -- Complexity versus hierarchy in biological explanation / N. Patrick Peritore -- pt. 2. Sociobiology and politics in practice: empirical studies and argumentative perspectives: Below-replacement fertility and gender politics / Robert L. Cliquet -- Race differences: a global perspective / J. Philippe Rushton -- Creating evolutionarily effective groups: Judaism as a case study / Kevin MacDonald -- The politics of peace in preindustrial societies: the adaptive rationale behind Corroboree and Calumet / Johan M.G. van der Dennen -- Evolutionary social and developmental feminization of the human male / Ada Lampert -- Toward the antheap, the drugged society or? / Robin Allott -- Power through art / Nancy E. Aiken -- pt. 3. (Socio)biology and politics: the public debate of "dangerous" ideas: The public image of sociobiology and evolution / Dorothy Tennov -- Dangerous ideas in Dutch politics: evolutionary theory as a political issue in the Netherlands / Vincent S.E. Falger -- Truth and consequences in the sociobiology debate and beyond / Ullica Segerstråle -- Can behavioral science change society? Should we want to try? / Irwin Silverman.
ISBN
0762305363
OCLC
ocm43418954
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries