Handbook on Evolution and Society Toward an Evolutionary Social Science |
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| Author:
| Maryanski, Alexandra
Machalek, Richard
Turner, Jonathan H. |
| Series title: | Paradigm Handbooks Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61205-814-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
| Publisher: | Paradigm Publishers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $262.00 |
Book Description:
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Handbook on Evolution and Society brings together original chapters by prominent scholars who have been instrumental in the revival of evolutionary theorizing and research in the social sciences over the last twenty-five years. Previously unpublished essays provide up-to-date, critical surveys of recent research and key debates. The contributors discuss early challenges posed by sociobiology, the rise of evolutionary psychology, the more conflicted response of evolutionary sociology to...
More DescriptionHandbook on Evolution and Society brings together original chapters by prominent scholars who have been instrumental in the revival of evolutionary theorizing and research in the social sciences over the last twenty-five years. Previously unpublished essays provide up-to-date, critical surveys of recent research and key debates. The contributors discuss early challenges posed by sociobiology, the rise of evolutionary psychology, the more conflicted response of evolutionary sociology to sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology. Chapters address the application and limitations of Darwinian ideas in the social sciences. Prominent authors come from a variety of disciplines in ecology, biology, primatology, psychology, sociology, and the humanities. The most comprehensive resource available, this vital collection demonstrates to scholars and students the new ways in which evolutionary approaches, ultimately derived from biology, are influencing the diverse social sciences and humanities.