The Darwinian Heritage and Sociobiology

Subjects:

• Sociology » Sociological Theory
• Psychology » Environmental Psychology

Reviews:

• This book reviews the impact of sociobiology and Darwinism on a broad range of scientific endeavours....The most unique aspect of this book is the range of subjects to which the authors apply sociobiology theory, ranging from anthropology , political science, and economics to literary theory.
  —Transcultural Psychiatry 2004

Table of Contents:

• Introduction by the editors
• Biological Foundations
• Group Selection and the Selfish Gene: The Units of Selection Problem Revisited by Michael J.C. Waller
• The Implications of Darwin's Variational Paradigm by David Smillie
• Co-operative Genes: Synergy and the Bioeconomics of Evolution by Peter A. Corning
• Sociobiology and Culture
• Sociobiology of Human Co-operation: The Interplay of Ultimate and Proximate Causes by Peter Meyer
• Evolution and Culture: The Missing Link by Robin Allott
• Evolution: Implications for Epistemology and Cultural Variation by Dennis Werner
• Culture and the Darwinian Heritage: Implications for Literary Research in the University by John Constable
• Sociobiology and Political Science
• Marx, Darwin, and Human Nature by Lucio Ferreira Alves
• Culture and the Evolution of the Human Mating System by Pouwel Slurink
• Human Evolution and the Origin of War: A Darwinian Heritage by Johan M.G. van der Dennen
• Ethnic Conflicts and Ethnic Nepotism by Tatu Vanhanen
• Mating Patterns and Their Role in the Formation and Structure of the Abbad Tribe in Jordan by Abdalla J. Nabulsi
• Individual Differences, Brain Size, and Evolutionary Science by J. Philippe Rushton
• Sociobiology and the Concerns of Sociologists
• With Whom Was Darwin Supposed to Fall in Love? by Ada Lampert
• Grandparental Caregiving and Intergenerational Relations Reflect Reproductive Strategies by Harald A. Euler and Barbara Weitzel
• Marital Power Dynamics: A Darwinian Perspective by Norma J. Schell and Carol C. Weisfeld
• Sexual Dimorphism and the Evolution of Gender Stereotypes in Man: A Sociobiological Perspective by Marina L. Butovskaya and Alexander G. Kozintsev
• Evolutionary Psychology and Psychiatry
• Darwin and the 18th Century British Moral Tradition by Michael Bradie
• Evolutionary Psychology: The Appropriate Disciplinary Link between Evolutionary Theory and the Social Sciences by Charles Elworthy
• Implications of Sexual Selections for Variation in Human Personality and Behaviour by John S. Price
• Serotonin, Dopamine, and the Evolution of Morality via Sociophysiological Neurotransmission by Daniel R. Wilson, Sean Stanton, and Sandra Wilson
• Darwinian Analysis of the Emotion of Pride/Shame by Glenn Weisfeld
• For Further Reading
• Index