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Not in our genes : biology, ideology, and human nature / R.C. Lewontin, Steven Rose, and Leon J. Kamin

Lewontin, Richard C., 1929-2021 [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Rose, Steven P. R., 1938- [Verfasserin/Verfasser] ; Kamin, Leon J., 1927- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Second edition / with a new introduction by the authors

Chicago, IL. : Haymarket Books, 2017

xvii, 322 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 25 cm

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-311) and index

978-1-60846-727-3 ; 1-60846-727-9

OCoLC: 1099798847     

99971957347

BF341

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LOC-SH: Nature and nurture -- Political aspects ; Determinism (Philosophy) -- Political aspects ; Behavior genetics -- Political aspects ; Psychology -- Methodology -- Political aspects ; Psychiatry -- Methodology -- Political aspects ; United States -- Social policy

In this classic work, three eminent scientists expose and dismantle the claims that class, race, and gender inequalities are the products of our biological and genetic inheritances. Not in Our Genes provides a bold and biting critique of biological determinism and sociobiology. In refuting the claim that what individuals can and cannot do is fixed, in essence, by their genetic makeup, the authors offer an important reply to an argument raging far beyond the scientific world and widely affecting our society and our lives. This edition features a new introduction by the authors