The taming of evolution
The taming of evolution1984
the persistence of nonevolutionary views in the study of humans
About this book
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction : the Darwinian revolution? -- Major western views of nature. Humoral / environmental theories and the chain of being -- Evolving natural categories : Darwin’s unique legacy -- Simple continuities. Humoral politics : races, constitutional types, and ethnic and national character -- Complex continuities. Purity of blood and social hierarchy -- An enlightenment humoralist : Don Diego de Torres Villarroel -- Human sociobiology -- Cultural materialism -- Conclusion : the unmet challenges of evolutionary biology.
Details
- First published
- 1984
- OL Work ID
- OL1908860W
Subjects
PhilosophyPhysical anthropologyNature and nurtureSociobiologyHuman evolutionBiological Evolution