Autore |
Degler Carl N
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Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (413 pages)
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Disciplina |
304.5
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Soggetto topico |
Social Darwinism - United States - History
Sociobiology - History
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ISBN |
1-4237-3775-X
1-60129-897-8
0-19-972901-8
1-280-52634-3
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Contents; I. Biology Acknowledged; 1. Invoking the Darwinian Imperative; 2. Beyond the Darwinian Imperative; II. The Sovereignty of Culture; 3. Laying the Foundation; 4. In the Wake of Boas; 5. Does Sex Tell Us Anything?; 6. Decoupling Behavior from Nature; 7. Decoupling Intelligence from Race; 8. Why Did Culture Triumph?; III. Remembering Darwin; 9. Biology Redivivus; 10. The Case of the Origin of the Incest Taboo; 11. The Uses of Biology; 12. Biology and the Nature of Females; 13. The Uses and Misuses of Evolutionary Theory in Social Science; Epilogue: Beyond Social Science; Notes; Index
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820716403321 |