Human Nature and History : : A Response to Sociobiology / / Kenneth Bock.

Argues that explication of social and cultural differences is a primary task of the human science and that such explication is best sought in comparison of human histories, not in human biology or comparative ethology.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1980]
©1980
Year of Publication:1980
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (244 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
PREFACE --
INTRODUCTION --
CHAPTER 1. ANIMALS AND MEN --
CHAPTER 2. THE DARWINIAN HERITAGE --
CHAPTER 3. SOCIOBIOLOGY AND THE HUMAN SCIENCES --
CHAPTER 4. HUMAN NATURE AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES --
CHAPTER 5. HISTORY AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES --
CHAPTER 6. HUMAN NATURE AND CULTURE --
CHAPTER 7. ACTIVITY AND BEHAVIOR --
NOTES --
INDEX
Summary:Argues that explication of social and cultural differences is a primary task of the human science and that such explication is best sought in comparison of human histories, not in human biology or comparative ethology.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231883993
9783110442489
DOI:10.7312/bock91492
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Kenneth Bock.