Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century / Aaron Gillette.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 224 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1403984220 (alk. paper)
  • 9781403984227 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 751 .G48 2007
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Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. The rebirth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- 1. Foundations for a "new" synthesis -- 2. Recent studies on human sexuality -- pt. 2. The birth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- 3. The animal nature of humans -- 4. Earlier studies on human sexuality -- 5. Evolution, ethics, and culture -- pt. 3. The death of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- 6. The rise of environmental behaviorism -- 7. Evolutionary psychology under attack -- 8. The death of evolutionary psychology -- 9. Lost in the wilderness -- Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index.

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

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