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Alas, poor Darwin : arguments against evolutionary psychology / edited by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Vintage, 2001Copyright date: ©2000Description: 292 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0099283190
  • 9780099283195
Other title:
  • Arguments against evolutionary psychology
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 155.7 23
LOC classification:
  • BF701 .A43 2001
Contents:
Genes and the religious impulse in evolutionary psychology -- Anti-Dawkins -- Why Memes? -- More things in heaven and earth -- Colonising the social sciences? -- Sewing up the mind : the claims of evolutionary psychology -- Why babies' brains are not Swiss army knives -- Taking the stink out of instinct -- Beyond difference : feminism and evolutionary psychology -- Different strokes : beyond biological determinism and social constructionism -- Social causes and natural relations -- Evolving skills -- Escaping evolutionary psychology.
Summary: At the beginning of the 21st century genes are used to explain almost every aspect of human life, from social inequalities to health, sexuality and criminality. This book offers a criticism of this so called evolutionary psychology.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 155.7 ALA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A548500B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 155.7 ALA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A550132B

Originally published: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Genes and the religious impulse in evolutionary psychology -- Anti-Dawkins -- Why Memes? -- More things in heaven and earth -- Colonising the social sciences? -- Sewing up the mind : the claims of evolutionary psychology -- Why babies' brains are not Swiss army knives -- Taking the stink out of instinct -- Beyond difference : feminism and evolutionary psychology -- Different strokes : beyond biological determinism and social constructionism -- Social causes and natural relations -- Evolving skills -- Escaping evolutionary psychology.

At the beginning of the 21st century genes are used to explain almost every aspect of human life, from social inequalities to health, sexuality and criminality. This book offers a criticism of this so called evolutionary psychology.

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