Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century /

Gillette, Aaron, 1964-

Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century / Aaron Gillette. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. - viii, 224 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- rebirth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- Foundations for a "new" synthesis -- Recent studies on human sexuality -- birth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- animal nature of humans -- Earlier studies on human sexuality -- Evolution, ethics, and culture -- death of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- rise of environmental behaviorism -- Evolutionary psychology under attack -- death of evolutionary psychology -- Lost in the wilderness -- Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. pt. 1. The 1. 2. pt. 2. The 3. The 4. 5. pt. 3. The 6. The 7. 8. The 9.

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Eugenics.
Evolutionary psychology.
Social ethics.

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