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On Human Nature

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By Edward O. Wilson

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| Paperback | 9780674016385

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In his new preface E. O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write Sociobiology, and how the political and religious uproar that engulfed that book persuaded him to write another book that would better explain the relevance of biology to the understContinue

In his new preface E. O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write Sociobiology, and how the political and religious uproar that engulfed that book persuaded him to write another book that would better explain the relevance of biology to the understanding of human behavior. Wilson is a sophisticated and marvelously humane writer. His vision is a liberating one, and a reader of this splendid book comes away with a sense of the kinship that exists among the people, animals, and insects that share the planet. New Yorker Compellingly interesting and enormously important The most stimulating, the most provocative, and the most illuminating work of nonfiction I have read in some time. William McPherson, Washington Post Book World A work of high intellectual daring Here is an accomplished biologist explaining, in notably clear and unprevaricating language, what he thinks his subject now has to offer to the understanding of man and society The implications of Wilsons thesis are rather considerable, for if true, no system of political, social, religious or ethical thought can afford to ignore it. Nicholas Wade, New Republic

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  • The Illusion of Sociobiology

    The tradition of mixing the concepts of biology with philosophy and Weltanschauung stretches back into the last century and has Comte and Spencer as its unfortunate leaders: unfortunate, because their works are by now largely unreadable. Professor Wi ... (read full critics)

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  • Sociobiology fascinated me. An evolutionary account of human nature.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 260 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0674016386
  • ISBN-13: 9780674016385
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Pub date: Oct 18, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1419 mm x 1032 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
  • In other languages: other languages 繁體書
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