Not in our Genes systematically exposes and dismantles the claims that inequalities class, race, gender are the products of biological, genetic inheritances. 'Informative, entertaining, lucid, forceful, frequently witty... never dull... should be read and remembered for a long time.' - New York Times Book Review. 'The authors argue persuasively that biological explanations for why we act as we do are based on faulty (in some cases, fabricated) data and wild speculation... It is debunking at its best.' - Psychology Today
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Three eminent scientists analyze the scientific, social, and political roots of biological determinism.
New Preface Chapter One: The New Right and the Old Determinism Chapter Two: The Politics of Biological Determinism Chapter Three: Bourgeois Ideology and the Origin of Determinism Chapter Four: The Legitimation of Inequality Chapter Five: IQ: The Rank Ordering of the World Chapter Six: The Determined Patriarchy Chapter Seven: Adjusting Society by Adjusting the Mind Chapter Eight: Schizophrenia: The Clash of Determinisms Chapter Nine: Sociobiology: The Total Synthesis Chapter Ten: New Biology versus Old Ideology
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Reviews and publication notices in Truthout, In These Times, New Left Review, Historical Materialism, International Socialist Review, Jacobin, and other left-wing journals

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781608467273
Publisert
2017-03-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Haymarket Books
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
322

Biographical note

Richard Lewontin was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, academic and social commentator. Lewontin was a leader in developing the mathematical basis of population genetics and evolutionary theory, he pioneered the application of techniques from molecular biology, to questions of genetic variation. Steven Rose is emeritus Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at the Open University and Gresham College, London.