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Author : M. F. Ashley Montagu
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (491 download)
Download or read book Culture. Man's Adaptive Dimension. D. by M. F. Ashley Montagu written by M. F. Ashley Montagu and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ashley Montagu
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Culture: Man's Adaptive Dimension written by Ashley Montagu and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ashley Montagu
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Culture written by Ashley Montagu and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ashley Montagu
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Organizational Culture Series written by Ashley Montagu and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ashley Montagu
Publisher : AltaMira Press
ISBN 13 : 0585345481
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Man's Most Dangerous Myth written by Ashley Montagu and published by AltaMira Press. This book was released on 2001-04-19 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man's Most Dangerous Myth was first published in 1942, when Nazism flourished, when African Americans sat at the back of the bus, and when race was considered the determinant of people's character and intelligence. It presented a revolutionary theory for its time; breaking the link between genetics and culture, it argued that race is largely a social construction and not constitutive of significant biological differences between people. In the ensuing 55 years, as Ashley Montagu's radical hypothesis became accepted knowledge, succeeding editions of his book traced the changes in our conceptions of race and race relations over the 20th century. Now, over 50 years later, Man's Most Dangerous Myth is back in print, fully revised by the original author. Montagu is internationally renowned for his work on race, as well as for such influential books as The Natural Superiority of Women, Touching, and The Elephant Man. This new edition contains Montagu's most complete explication of his theory and a thorough updating of previous editions. The Sixth Edition takes on the issues of the Bell Curve, IQ testing, ethnic cleansing and other current race relations topics, as well as contemporary restatements of topics previously addressed. A bibliography of almost 3,000 published items on race, compiled over a lifetime of work, is of enormous research value. Also available is an abridged student edition containing the essence of Montagu's argument, its policy implications, and his thoughts on contemporary race issues for use in classrooms. Ahead of its time in 1942, Montagu's arguments still contribute essential and salient perspectives as we face the issue of race in the 1990s. Man's Most Dangerous Myth is the seminal work of one of the 20th century's leading intellectuals, essential reading for all scholars and students of race relations.
Author : William H. Durham
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804721561
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (215 download)
Download or read book Coevolution written by William H. Durham and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Darwin's "On the Origins of Species" had two principal goals: to show that species had not been separately created and to show that natural selection had been the main force behind their proliferation and descent from common ancestors. In "Coevolution," the author proposes a powerful new theory of cultural evolution--that is, of the descent with modification of the shared conceptual systems we call "cultures"--that is parallel in many ways to Darwin's theory of organic evolution. The author suggests that a process of cultural selection, or preservation by preference, driven chiefly by choice or imposition depending on the circumstances, has been the main but not exclusive force of cultural change. He shows that this process gives rise to five major patterns or "modes" in which cultural change is at odds with genetic change. Each of the five modes is discussed in some detail and its existence confirmed through one or more case studies chosen for their heuristic value, the robustness of their data, and their broader implications. But "Coevolution" predicts not simply the existence of the five modes of gene-culture relations; it also predicts their relative importance in the ongoing dynamics of cultural change in particular cases. The case studies themselves are lucid and innovative reexaminations of an array of oft-pondered anthropological topics--plural marriage, sickle-cell anemia, basic color terms, adult lactose absorption, incest taboos, headhunting, and cannibalism. In a general case, the author's goal is to demonstrate that an evolutionary analysis of both genes and culture has much to contribute to our understanding of human diversity, particularly behavioral diversity, and thus to the resolution of age-old questions about nature and nurture, genes and culture.
Author : Magoroh Maruyama
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110800063
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Cultures of the Future written by Magoroh Maruyama and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John W. Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351304704
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)
Download or read book The Ecological Transition written by John W. Bennett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written during the height of the ecology movement, The Ecological Transition is a stunning interdisciplinary work. It combines anthropology, ecology, and sociology to formulate an understanding of cultural-environmental relationships. While anthropologists have been studying relationships between humans and the physical environment for a very long time, only in the last thirty years have questions inherent in these relationships broadened beyond description and classification. For example, the concept of environment has been extended beyond the physical into the social. Although anthropologists have adopted many of the concepts that Bennett develops in the book, he also feels that the central issues have never been addressed, either by anthropologists or by people in related disciplines. The most important of these, in Bennett's opinion, is the failure to incorporate a respect for the environmental in contemporary culture, which would allow making exceptions in certain human practices in order to protect the environment. His point in The Ecological Transition is that a basic cultural change in modern civilization is necessary to achieve this end. Both a theoretical and a practical work, The Ecological Transition emphasizes the relationships between human culture, the physical environment, technology, and social policy. The Ecological Transition is a challenging volume that makes us face the consequences of human behavior in the modern world: its effect on pollution, natural resources, agriculture, the economy, and population, to name just a few areas. The book remains a significant contribution to the discourse on social, economic, and environmental problems. While the book was first published in 1976, it still reads as a contemporary tract.
Author : J.K. Feibleman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401010323
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Adaptive Knowing written by J.K. Feibleman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acquisition of knowledge is not a single unrelated occasion but rather an adaptive process in which past acquisitions modify present and future ones. In Part I of this essay in epistemology it is argued that coping with knowledge is not a passive affair but dynamic and active, involving its continuance into the stages of assimilation and deployment. In Part II a number of specific issues are raised and discussed in order to explore the dimensions and the depths of the workings of adaptive knowing. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS "Activity as A Source of Knowledge" first appeared in Tulane Studies in Philosophy, XII, 1963; "Knowing, Doing and Being" in Ratio, VI, 1964; "On Beliefs and Believing" in Tulane Studies, XV, 1966; "Absent Objects" in Tulane Studies, XVII, 1968; "The Reality Game" in Tulane Studies, XVIII, 1969; "Adaptive Responses and The Ecosys tem" in Tulane Studies, XVIII, 1969; "The Mind-Body Problem" in the Philosophical Journal, VII, 1970; and "The Knowledge of The Known" in the International Logic Review, I, 1970. PART I COPING WITH KNOWLEDGE CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE I. THE CHOSEN APPROACH You are about to read a study of epistemology, one which has been made from a realistic standpoint. It is not the first of such interpre tations, and it will not be the last.
Author : Bernardo Bernardi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110807742
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The concept and dynamics of culture written by Bernardo Bernardi and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Carruthers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198042361
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Innate Mind written by Peter Carruthers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second volume of a projected three-volume set on the subject of innateness. The volume is highly interdisciplinary, and addresses such question as: To what extent are mature cognitive capacities a reflection of particular cultures and to what extent are they a product of innate elements? How do innate elements interact with culture to achieve mature cognitive capacities? How do minds generate and shape cultures? How are cultures processed by minds? The volume will be of great importance to anyone interested in the interplay between culture and the innate mind.
Author : Roger D. Masters
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300041699
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (416 download)
Download or read book The Nature of Politics written by Roger D. Masters and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates politics to the fields of evolutionary biology, social psychology, linguistics, and game theory and looks at the influence of language on politics
Author : Ashley Montagu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136548440
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Coming into Being Among the Australian Aborigines written by Ashley Montagu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together all the evidence bearing upon the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines and subjects it to a scientific examination in the light of biological, social and psychological research. First published in 1937. This edition reprints the revised edition of 1974.
Author : Robert Wokler
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691147884
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Rousseau, the Age of Enlightenment, and Their Legacies written by Robert Wokler and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-08 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Wokler was one of the world's leading experts on Rousseau and the Enlightenment, but some of his best work was published in the form of widely scattered and difficult-to-find essays. This book collects for the first time a representative selection of his most important essays on Rousseau and the legacy of Enlightenment political thought. These essays concern many of the great themes of the age, including liberty, equality and the origins of revolution. But they also address a number of less prominent debates, including those over cosmopolitanism, the nature and social role of music and the origins of the human sciences in the Enlightenment controversy over the relationship between humans and the great apes. These essays also explore Rousseau's relationships to Rameau, Pufendorf, Voltaire and Marx; reflect on the work of important earlier scholars of the Enlightenment, including Ernst Cassirer and Isaiah Berlin; and examine the influence of the Enlightenment on the twentieth century. One of the central themes of the book is a defense of the Enlightenment against the common charge that it bears responsibility for the Terror of the French Revolution, the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth-century and the Holocaust.
Author : Daphne Halikiopoulou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136635998
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Nationalism and Globalisation written by Daphne Halikiopoulou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationalism and globalisation are two central phenomena of the modern world, that have both shaped and been shaped by each other, yet few connections have been made systematically between the two. This book brings together leading international scholars to examine the effect of globalisation on nationalism, and how the persistence of the nation affects globalisation. With a range of case studies from Europe, the US and Asia, the authors focus on the interaction between globalisation, national identity, national sovereignty, state-formation and the economy. Part one provides theoretical reflections on the flexibility and plasticity of the terms nationalism and globalisation focusing on the ways in which nationalism has shaped and has been shaped by globalising forces. Part two examines the relationship between nationalism and globalisation in different historical eras and different regions, questioning established approaches. Part three focuses on contemporary issues including the economic crisis, labour migration and citizenship and the theme of global culture. The result is a highly topical account that considers the conceptual landscape of Nationalism and Globalisation. With an interdisciplinary approach, Nationalism and Globalisation will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, sociology, history, economics and international relations.
Author : Sut Jhally
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820479040
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Spectacle of Accumulation written by Sut Jhally and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook
Author : L. Bryce Boyer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317737148
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book The Psychoanalytic Study of Society, V. 13 written by L. Bryce Boyer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 13 includes chapters on the contributions of Weston LaBarre (B. Kilbourne); Geza Roheim's theory of myth (S. Morales); the origins of Christianity (W. Meissner); myths in Inuit religion (D. Merkur); the psychology of a Sherpa shaman (R. Paul); the psychoanalytic study of urban legends (M. Carroll); and the dogma of technology (H. Stein & R. Hill).
