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Neo-liberal Genetics
Susan Mckinnon
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Paperback. Evolutionary psychology claims to be the authoritative science of "human nature." But do the answers that evolutionary psychologists provide about language, sex, and social relations add up? The author thinks not. In this book, she offers a sustained and accessible critique of the myths of human nature fabricated by evolutionary psychologists. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAL; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 110 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Evolutionary psychology claims to be the authoritative science of "human nature." Its chief architects, including Stephen Pinker and David Buss, have managed to reach well beyond the ivory tower to win large audiences and influence public discourse. But do the answers that evolutionary psychologists provide about language, sex, and social relations add up? Susan McKinnon thinks not. Far from being an account of evolution and social relations that has historical and cross-cultural validity, evolutionary psychology is a stunning example of a "science" that twists evolutionary genetics into a myth of human origins. As McKinnon shows, that myth is shaped by ... Read more
Evolutionary psychology claims to be the authoritative science of "human nature." Its chief architects, including Stephen Pinker and David Buss, have managed to reach well beyond the ivory tower to win large audiences and influence public discourse. But do the answers that evolutionary psychologists provide about language, sex, and social relations add up? Susan McKinnon thinks not. Far from being an account of evolution and social relations that has historical and cross-cultural validity, evolutionary psychology is a stunning example of a "science" that twists evolutionary genetics into a myth of human origins. As McKinnon shows, that myth is shaped by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
Number of pages
115
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9780976147527
SKU
V9780976147527
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About Susan Mckinnon
Susan McKinnon is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Virginia. She is the author of From a Shattered Sun: Hierarchy, Gender, and Alliance in the Tanimbar Islands and coeditor of Complexities: Beyond Nature and Nurture, published by the University of Chicago Press.
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