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   The Darwinian Heritage and Sociobiology » Read Now

   by Johan M. G. van der Dennen, David Smillie, Daniel R. Wilson. 353 pgs.

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   The editors present a collection of essays dealing with both the life and ideas of Charles Darwin as they relate to human sociobiology. The compilation opens up the possibility of a scientific explanation for themes that are of current interest such as the causes of war and interpersonal conflict...

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   The editors present a collection of essays dealing with both the life and ideas of Charles Darwin as they relate to human sociobiology. The compilation opens up the possibility of a scientific explanation for themes that are of current interest such as the causes of war and interpersonal conflict. Its wide range of topics, all rooted in an underlying evolutionary perspective, can help readers gain a better understanding of sociobiology as applied to a wide variety of fields.

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   Darwinism and the Study of Society: A Centenary Symposium (1961) » Read Now

   by Michael Banton. 192 pgs.

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   ...LANCELOT HOGBEN Darwinism and Human Society...Natural and Social Selection...yield, to make Darwinism stand only for a mechanism of social struggle. The...concepts of...
   
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   Evolution and Human Behavior: An Introduction to Darwinian Anthropology » Read Now

   by Alexander Alland Jr. 290 pgs.

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   ...Culture and Environment 238 Social Evolution 239 Antievolutionism...Darwinian theory in biology and works on social evolution and culture change. If anything...of culture...
   
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   The Supreme Court and Social Science (Chap. Two "Social Darwinism in the Law and the Rise of Sociological Jurisprudence") » Read Now

   by Paul L. Rosen. 261 pgs.

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   ...Facts 3 Two Social Darwinism in the Law and the Rise of Sociological...extralegal data of history, social Darwinism, or social science, such facts...assumptions that were...
   
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   Darwinism, Dominance, and Democracy: The Biological Bases of Authoritarianism » Read Now

   by Albert Somit, Steven A. Peterson. 143 pgs.

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   Somit and Peterson seek to explain an incontrovertible, though hardly welcome fact: throughout human history, the overwhelming majority of political societies have been characterized by the rule of the few over the many, by dominance and submission, by command and obedience. Evolutionary theory...

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   Somit and Peterson seek to explain an incontrovertible, though hardly welcome fact: throughout human history, the overwhelming majority of political societies have been characterized by the rule of the few over the many, by dominance and submission, by command and obedience. Evolutionary theory provides an important part of the explanation: humans have been subject to natural selection and one result is that the species tends to feature dominance hierarchies, obedience to authority, and indoctrinability as various means of maintaining social order. These evolution-based behavioral tendencies help to explain the success of authoritarianism and the relative lack of success of democracy over time.

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   Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860-1945, in The Australian Journal of Politics and History » Read Now

   by Paul Crook. 9 pgs.

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   ...Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860-1945...by PAUL CROOK Mike Hawkins, Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860-1945...culturally-loaded...
   
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   More on Greek Hoplites: Darwinism and Social Evolution, in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute » Read Now

   by R. I. M. Dunbar, C. R. Hallpike. 5 pgs.

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   ...Greek hoplites: Darwinism and social evolution...to the view that Darwinism must be wrong...well-respected social anthropologist...confused I am about Darwinism. Perhaps...
   
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   Rejoinder to Hodgson, in Review of Social Economy » Read Now

   by Howard J. Sherman. 4 pgs.

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   ...are usually multiple classes in any real social formation. There are shifting coalitions...biologically based metaphor that can help social scientists - particularly...
   
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   A Reply to Howard Sherman, in Review of Social Economy » Read Now

   by Geoffrey M. Hodgson. 12 pgs.

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   ...nothing but scorn for this type of Social Darwinism "which "says that biological...Marx or Engels on, or against, social Darwinism. In a few of their personal...States...
   
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    Survival of the Fittest, in Journal of Australian Studies » Read Now

    by Ann McGrath. 3 pgs.

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    ...McGrath Francis critique, `Social Darwinism and the Construction of Institutionalized...relations were wrong in highlighting social Darwinism as a central theory in...
    
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    Utopian Evolution: The Sentimental Critique of Social Darwinism in Bellamy and Peirce, in Utopian Studies » Read Now

    by Matthew Hartman. 16 pgs.

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    ...The Sentimental Critique of Social Darwinism in Bellamy and Peirce...seriously could not simply dismiss social Darwinism as nonsense. As Howard Kaye...Bellamy and Peirce...
    
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    Towards a Reconsideration of Social Evolution: Symbiosis and Its Implications for Economics, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now

    by John P. Watkins. 19 pgs.

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    ...progress. Most applications of Darwinism to social evolution proclaim the superiority...The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought. Oxford: Oxford...
    
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    Conservatives, Darwin & Design: An Exchange, in First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life » Read Now

    by Larry Arnhart, Michael J. Behe, William A. Dembski. 9 pgs.

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    ...to conform to a socialist utopia. Although...Engels accepted Darwinism in explaining the...Mises rejected "Social Darwinism" as "pseudo-Darwinism...confirms conservative...
    
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    Social Darwinism Revisited, in History Today » Read Now

    by Leslie Jones. 3 pgs.

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    ...Social Darwinism revisited. by Leslie Jones...evolutionary sociology. Would it resemble social Darwinism, they wondered? If it did, might it...advocating something quite...
    
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    The Moral and Political Naturalism of Baron Kato Hiroyuki » Read Now

    by Winston Davis. 128 pgs.

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    ...pbk. 1. Kato, Hiroyuki -- Contributions in social Darwinism. 2. Social Darwinism. I. Title. II. Series. HM106.D29 1996 301...ethical naturalism . This, of course, was what...
    
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    How Things Got Better: Speech, Writing, Printing, and Cultural Change » Read Now

    by Henry J. Perkinson. 178 pgs.

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    A highly original interpretation of the history of Western culture that presents a first in-depth analysis of the cultural impact of communication. Explains how the media have helped bring about economic, political, social, and intellectual progress.