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Darwinism, Dominance, and Democracy

Author : Albert Somit
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Darwinism, Dominance, and Democracy written by Albert Somit and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1997-03-25 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somit and Peterson seek to explain two apparently contradictory yet well-established political phenomena: First, throughout human history, the vast majority of political societies have been authoritarian. Second, notwithstanding this pattern, from time to time, democracies do emerge and some even have considerable stability. A neo-Darwinian approach can help make sense of these observations. Humans—social primates—have an inborn bias toward authoritarian life, based on their tendency to engage in dominance behavior and the formation of dominance hierarchies. Reinforcing this bias is an impulse toward obedience. These factors are associated with the propensity of humans to accept authoritarian systems. Nonetheless, the authors argue, conditions of material abundance combined with another human characteristic—indoctrinability—can foster the emergence and maintenance of democracies. Somit and Peterson assert that an understanding of human nature from an evolutionary perspective can help to explain how and why political systems have developed. They conclude by pointing to policy implications that might enhance the odds of formation and continuation of democratic forms of government. Students and scholars of political science and philosophy, sociology, and human biology will find this an intriguing study.

Darwinism, Democracy, and Race

Author : John P Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351810774
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Darwinism, Democracy, and Race written by John P Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darwinism, Democracy, and Race examines the development and defence of an argument that arose at the boundary between anthropology and evolutionary biology in twentieth-century America. In its fully articulated form, this argument simultaneously discredited scientific racism and defended free human agency in Darwinian terms. The volume is timely because it gives readers a key to assessing contemporary debates about the biology of race. By working across disciplinary lines, the book’s focal figures--the anthropologist Franz Boas, the cultural anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, the geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky, and the physical anthropologist Sherwood Washburn--found increasingly persuasive ways of cutting between genetic determinist and social constructionist views of race by grounding Boas’s racially egalitarian, culturally relativistic, and democratically pluralistic ethic in a distinctive version of the genetic theory of natural selection. Collaborators in making and defending this argument included Ashley Montagu, Stephen Jay Gould, and Richard Lewontin. Darwinism, Democracy, and Race will appeal to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and academics interested in subjects including Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, Sociology of Race, History of Biology and Anthropology, and Rhetoric of Science.

The Future of Democracy

Author : Norberto Bobbio
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816615841
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Democracy written by Norberto Bobbio and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norberto Bobbio is the foremost political theorist in Italy today. Written with verve and passion as well as erudition, this important work will make a major contribution to current debates in social and political theory. It will be of great interest to students of sociology, politics and philosophy, as well as to anyone concerned with the nature and future of democracy.

America's Public Philosopher

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231552882
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book America's Public Philosopher written by John Dewey and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Dewey was America’s greatest public philosopher. His work stands out for its remarkable breadth, and his deep commitment to democracy led him to courageous progressive stances on issues such as war, civil liberties, and racial, class, and gender inequalities. This book collects the clearest and most powerful of his public writings and shows how they continue to speak to the challenges we face today. An introductory essay and short introductions to each of the texts discuss the current relevance and significance of Dewey’s work and legacy. The book includes forty-six essays on topics such as democracy in the United States, political power, education, economic justice, science and society, and philosophy and culture. These essays inspire optimism for the possibility of a more humane public and political culture, in which citizens share in the pursuit of lifelong education through participation in democratic life. The essays in America’s Public Philosopher reveal John Dewey as a powerful example for anyone seeking to address a wider audience and a much-needed voice for all readers in search of intellectual and moral leadership.

Holistic Darwinism

Author : Peter Corning
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226116336
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Holistic Darwinism written by Peter Corning and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, evolutionary theorists have come to recognize that the reductionist, individualist, gene-centered approach to evolution cannot sufficiently account for the emergence of complex biological systems over time. Peter A. Corning has been at the forefront of a new generation of complexity theorists who have been working to reshape the foundations of evolutionary theory. Well known for his Synergism Hypothesis—a theory of complexity in evolution that assigns a key causal role to various forms of functional synergy—Corning puts this theory into a much broader framework in Holistic Darwinism, addressing many of the issues and concepts associated with the evolution of complex systems. Corning's paradigm embraces and integrates many related theoretical developments of recent years, from multilevel selection theory to niche construction theory, gene-culture coevolution theory, and theories of self-organization. Offering new approaches to thermodynamics, information theory, and economic analysis, Corning suggests how all of these domains can be brought firmly within what he characterizes as a post–neo-Darwinian evolutionary synthesis.

The Darwin Economy

Author : Robert H. Frank
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691156689
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Darwin Economy written by Robert H. Frank and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And the consequences of this fact are profound.

The Failure of Democratic Nation Building: Ideology Meets Evolution

Author : A. Somit
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403978425
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Failure of Democratic Nation Building: Ideology Meets Evolution written by A. Somit and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-29 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history authoritarian governments have outnumbered democratic ones to an overwhelming degree. Even today, true democracies are an exception. In this book, Somit and Peterson argue that the main reason for this pattern is that humans are social primates with an innate tendency for hierarchical and authoritarian social and political structures. Democracy requires very special 'enabling conditions' before it can be supported by a state, conditions that require decades to evolve. As a result, attempts to export democracy through nation-building to states without these enabling conditions are doomed to failure. The authors argue that money and energy devoted to nation-building around the globe by the U.S. would be better spent on problems facing the country domestically.

Darwin and International Relations

Author : Bradley A. Thayer
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813181445
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Darwin and International Relations written by Bradley A. Thayer and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Shows a mastery of research and theory in both biology and international relations and weaves the two fields together in a compelling fashion.” —Dr. Steven A. Peterson, Director, School of Public Affairs, Penn State Pathbreaking and controversial, Darwin and International Relations offers the first comprehensive analysis of international affairs of state through the lens of evolutionary theory. Using ethnological and statistical studies of warfare among tribal societies, Bradley A. Thayer argues that humans wage war for reasons predicted by evolutionary theory?to gain and protect vital resources but also for the physically and emotionally stimulating effects of combat. Thayer demonstrates that an evolutionary understanding of disease will become a more important part of the study of international relations as new strains of diseases emerge and advances in genetics make biological warfare a more effective weapon for states and terrorists. He also explains the deep causes of ethnic conflict by illuminating how xenophobia and ethnocentrism evolved in humans. He notes that these behaviors once contributed to our ancestors’ success in radically different environments, but they remain a part of us. Darwin and International Relations makes a major contribution to our understanding of human history and the future of international relations. “Obligatory reading for social and life scientists alike, and deserves to become a standard work in political science.” —International History Review “A thoughtful book that can challenge some of our comfortable assumptions.” —Journal of Military History “Outstanding! This book will become a standard work in political science.” —Roger D. Masters, Dartmouth College

The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies

Author : Robert Edwards Lane
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300091069
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies written by Robert Edwards Lane and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the fact that citizens of advanced market democracies are satisfied with their material progress, many are haunted by a spirit of unhappiness. There is evidence of a rising tide of clinical depression in most advanced societies, and in the United States studies have documented a decline in the number of people who regard themselves as happy. Although our political and economic systems are based on the utilitarian philosophy of happiness--the greatest good for the greatest number--they seem to have contributed to our dissatisfaction with life. This book investigates why this is so. Drawing on extensive research in such fields as quality of life, economics, politics, sociology, psychology, and biology, Robert E. Lane presents a challenging thesis. He shows that the main sources of well-being in advanced economies are friendships and a good family life and that, once one is beyond the poverty level, a larger income contributes almost nothing to happiness. In fact, as prosperity increases, there is a tragic erosion of family solidarity and community integration, and individuals become more and more distrustful of each other and their political institutions. Lane urges that we alter our priorities so that we increase our levels of companionship even at the risk of reducing our income.

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

Author : Charles Darwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life written by Charles Darwin and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution

Author : David F. Prindle
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615923527
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution written by David F. Prindle and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

What Would Jefferson Do?

Author : Thom Hartmann
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 1400052084
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Would Jefferson Do? written by Thom Hartmann and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2004 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the thesis that democracy is one of the world's oldest and most resilient forms of government, along with ideas for transforming and reviving democracy in the United States in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson's original dream.

Darwin and the Novelists

Author : George Levine
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226475743
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Darwin and the Novelists written by George Levine and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victorian novel clearly joins with science in the pervasive secularizing of nature and society and in the exploration of the consequences of secularization that characterized mid-Victorian England. p. viii.

Western Fundamentalism

Author : Gordon Menzies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648728504
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book Western Fundamentalism written by Gordon Menzies and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Dr Gordon Menzies invites us to examine the freedoms we seek through democracy, market economics and sex. These freedoms are so fundamental to our thinking that we don't even question them, yet they determine much of how we see the world and shape it. Are you prepared to challenge your fundamentals? 'When I came to live in Australia from Bangladesh, I expected to find a society with diverse viewpoints. Instead I found a highly religious society where the religion was secular.' Australian PhD student.

Human Beings in International Relations

Author : Daniel Jacobi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107116252
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Human Beings in International Relations written by Daniel Jacobi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asks how, why and to what ends humans appear in international relations theories and how this makes us interpret world politics.

Democratic Ideals and Reality

Author : Halford John Mackinder
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428981519
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Democratic Ideals and Reality written by Halford John Mackinder and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1962 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought (set)

Author : Gregory Claeys
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1506308368
Total Pages : 943 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought (set) written by Gregory Claeys and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 943 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking new work explores modern and contemporary political thought since 1750, looking at the thinkers, concepts, debates, issues, and national traditions that have shaped political thought from the Enlightenment to post-modernism and post-structuralism. Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought is two-volume A to Z reference that provides historical context to the philosophical issues and debates that have shaped attitudes toward democracy, citizenship, rights, property, duties, justice, equality, community, law, power, gender, race, and legitimacy over the last three centuries. It profiles major and minor political thinkers, and the national traditions, both Western and non-Western, which continue to shape and divide political thought. More than 200 scholars from leading international research institutions and organizations have provided signed entries that offer comprehensive coverage of: Thought of regions and countries, including African political thought, American political thought , Australasian political thought (Australian and New Zealand), Chinese political thought, Indian political thought, Islamic political Thought, Japanese political thought, and more Thought regarding contemporary issues such as abortion, affirmative action, animal rights, European integration, feminism, humanitarian intervention, international law, race and racism, and more The ideological spectrum from Marxism to neoconservatism, including anarchism, conservatism, Darwinism and Social Darwinism, Engels, fascism, the Frankfurt School, Lenin and Leninism, socialism, and more Connections of political thought to key areas of politics and other disciplines such as economics, psychology, law, and religion Notable time periods of political thought since 1750 Concepts including class, democratic theory, liberalism, nationalism, natural and human rights, and theories of the state Theorists and political intellectuals, both Western and non-Western including John Adams, Edmund Burke, Mohandas Gandhi, Immanuel Kant, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ernst Friedrich Schumacher, George Washington, and Mary Wollstonecraft