Despotism, Social Evolution, and Differential Reproduction
Editat de Laura L. Betzigen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2008
A basic premise behind research has always been that understanding the way things are should contribute to our ability to change them to the way we would like them to be. This idea forms the basis for Betzig's research--she sets out to explain how things really are by leading the reader through the historical and natural conditions that have promoted despotism in the hopes that this might eventually eradicate it. She begins with the idea that reproduction is the end of human life, and that all forms of power and strength are exploited in reaching this end. In this way, Betzig shows with startling clarity how power corrupts and how despotic governments continue to exist in the world today. Engaging--even at times railing against--existing literature on human and social evolution, such as that of Rousseau and Marx, Betzig asserts herself as a formidable and undeniable voice in this debate.
Since Darwin's monumental work, more has been said about why questions regarding how human history has been shaped by natural history should not even be asked, than has been said in an effort to answer them. This work puts a stop to that by testing the Darwinian hypothesis and finding that he was right: light has in fact been shed on human political and reproductive history. Controversial and creative, this book makes no apologies for its bold messages and interdisciplinary boundary blending and addresses a topic of continuing interest and importance.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780202362014
ISBN-10: 0202362019
Pagini: 190
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0202362019
Pagini: 190
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Cuprins
1: Introduction; 2: Incipient Asymmetries; 3: Despotism; 4: Differential Reproduction; 5: Summary; 6: Democracy
Descriere
"Much light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history," thus ended Darwin's Origin of Species