Human Nature: A Critical Reader - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 019509865X ISBN 13 : 9780195098655

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

"Human nature" has meant many things to many people. Why do we do what we do? Before 1859, when Darwin published The Origin of Species, the meaning of "human nature" was anybody's guess. This book collects the first, classic tests of Darwinian theory on us -- including studies of traditional societies (from the !Kung of Botswana to the Ache of Paraguay), studies of modern societies (from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to southern California), and comparative and historical studies (from the ancient Near East to imperial Rome). These classics are interspersed with new critiques -- both by the authors themselves, and by biologists who used modern Darwinian theory to pioneer field studies, cognitive studies, and comparative studies of other species. Last but not least, Human Nature adds an introduction which covers the basics in evolutionary theory, and reviews cutting-edge tests of that theory on human anatomy, physiology, emotions, thought, and interactions.
This pathbreaking book collects the best of the first tests of Darwinian theory on humans, critiques them, and comprehensively reviews the work being done now. It is an ideal - and long needed - text for courses in biology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, economics, history, and philosophy which use Darwin's theory to explain what we do and who we are.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Human Nature collects the first, "classic," papers to test Darwinian theories on Homo sapiens. It offers new critiques for those classics, written both by the authors themselves, and by biologists who pioneered field studies, comparative studies, and cognitive studies on other species. And it adds a new introduction, reviewing cutting-edge work on human anatomy, physiology, emotions, cognition, and interaction. This is the first text to use our only theory of life - Darwin's - to explain what we do and who we are.

Revue de presse

Laura Betzig has edited a timely and stimulating volume that should interest those concerned with human ecology, evolution and behaviour ... Betzig's text provides a thoughtful review and a rich discourse on the (adaptive) nature of human beings, a field destined to contribute to mainstream life science. (Clara B. Jones, Endeavour Vol.22 (1) 1998)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 019509865X
• ISBN 13: 9780195098655
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Éditeur: Betzig Laura
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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