Workman Charles Darwin

The Shaping of Evolutionary Thinking
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-31323-2
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Mind Shapers

This book examines the history of thought surrounding the relationship between Darwinism and the behavioural sciences. Accessible and thought-provoking, it demonstrates how and why Darwinism remains both illuminating and controversial today.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Workman, Lance

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Who was Charles Darwin?.- 2. Darwin's Greatest Work 'On the Origin of Species'.- 3. Sex and Emotions: Darwin's Other Great Works.- 4. Darwin and Darwinism.- 5. Is Darwin dangerous? Objections and Rejections From the Social Sciences.- 6. Ultra-Darwinism: Sociobiology and the Selfish Gene.- 7. Evolutionary Psychology: Darwin's Science of Behaviour Realised?.- 8. Conclusions: Darwinism Today.

Über Autor(innen)

Lance Workman is Visiting Professor at the University of South Wales, UK. He has published widely on biological and evolutionary psychology. He regularly appears in the media where he comments on developments in psychology and is co-author of Evolutionary Psychology: An Introduction.