The taming of evolution
the persistence of nonevolutionary views in the study of humans
Edición de la obra The taming of evolution
| Autor | Davydd J. Greenwood |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Cornell University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1984 |
| Lugar | Ithaca |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 225 |
| ISBN-10 | 0801417430 |
| OCLC | 10850381 |
| LCCN | 84045147 |
| Número de Cutter | G816t |
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.