In Search of Human Nature : The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought.
Title:
In Search of Human Nature : The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought.
Author:
Degler, Carl N.
ISBN:
9780199729012
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (413 pages)
Contents:
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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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