Sociobiology
A term coined by the eminent entomologist Edward O. Wilson to define a field of study combining biology and social sciences. In his 1975 work, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, entomologist Edward O. Wilson first coined the term "sociobiology" [... more]
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Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate
 Amazon.com Review: How do scientists separate their politics from their work--or is such a distinction even possible? These questions frame the two levels of sociologist Ullica Segerstrale's analysis of the sociobiology controversy, Defenders of the [... more]
$17.95
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Human Diversity (Scientific American Library Series)
Amazon.com Review: A growing number of aspects of human nature are proving to be genetically based, but it is important not to jump to the conclusion that everything about human nature is determined by genes. Richard Lewontin, eminent geneticist from [... more]
$19.95
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Introducing Sociology (Introducing...(Totem))
Society.: _Introducing Sociology_ by Richard Osborne and heavily-illustrated surrealistic-comic-book-style by Borin Van Loon gives a beginner's outline to the science, study, discipline or whatever you want to call it, of sociology. Sociology attempts to [... more]
$11.95
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Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human ...
A breath of fresh air: This book is both a great read, and an informative one, for anyone interested in human behavior, evolutionary theory, and the links between the two. The area of potential evolutionary bases to human behavior has traditionally been [... more]
$50.00
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That Complex Whole: Culture And The Evolution Of Human ...
A Behavioral Ecologist's Approach to Culture: This graceful and well written book tries to do two things. First, he reviews an extensive body of modern behavioral ecology. If you've never encountered the treatment of culture in contemporary evolutionary [... more]
$32.00
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Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History
Decent beginning, but still flawed.: I used this text for an anthropological theories course in undergraduate work. It's a pretty decent collection of work from major figures in anthropology. Spencer, Tylor, and Morgan, Levi-Strauss, Marx, Boas, etc, etc. [... more]
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Eugenics and the Nature-Nurture Debate in the Twentieth ...
Book Description: Gillette shows that the sciences of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early twentieth century. However, many of the early researchers in these sciences were also eugenicists. With the rise [... more]
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The Triumph of Sociobiology
Amazon.com Review: Scientists tend to be a bit insecure about their position in society. Nowhere is this more evident than in the decades-old sociobiology debate, and behavioral scientist John Alcock tries to shore up his side against the sometimes [... more]
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The Triumph of Sociobiology
Amazon.com Review: Scientists tend to be a bit insecure about their position in society. Nowhere is this more evident than in the decades-old sociobiology debate, and behavioral scientist John Alcock tries to shore up his side against the sometimes [... more]
$19.95
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Doing Without Adam and Eve: Sociobiology and Original ...
,,,: I disagree with the book and the whole concept of sociobiology but God bless her for maintaining her faith. Provacative but not without error: I won't pretend to analyze William's argument, but I do appreciate her attempt to provide a [... more]
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Vaulting Ambition: Sociobiology and the Quest for Human ...
Outdated in Detail, Still a Telling Critique in Broad Outline: Edward O. Wilson's great work Sociobiology unleashed a furor of vitriolic criticism from mainstream social scientists, who preferred purely cultural models of human behavior, and from [... more]
$35.00
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