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The taming of evolution : the persistence of nonevolutionary views in the study of humans / by Davydd J. Greenwood.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1984.Description: 1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1501719939
  • 9781501719936
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Taming of evolution.DDC classification:
  • 573 19
LOC classification:
  • GN281 .G73 1984
NLM classification:
  • DD9134
Other classification:
  • 42.66
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : the Darwinian revolution? -- I. Major western views of nature -- 1. Humoral/environmental theories and the chain of being -- 2. Evolving natural categories : Darwin's unique legacy -- II. Simple continuities -- 3. Humoral politics : races, constitutional types, and ethnic and national character -- III. Complex continuities -- 4. Purity of blood and social hierarchy -- 5. An enlightenment humoralist : Don Diego de Torres Villarroel -- 6. Human sociobiology -- 7. Cultural materialism -- Conclusion : the unmet challenges of evolutionary biology.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index.

Introduction : the Darwinian revolution? -- I. Major western views of nature -- 1. Humoral/environmental theories and the chain of being -- 2. Evolving natural categories : Darwin's unique legacy -- II. Simple continuities -- 3. Humoral politics : races, constitutional types, and ethnic and national character -- III. Complex continuities -- 4. Purity of blood and social hierarchy -- 5. An enlightenment humoralist : Don Diego de Torres Villarroel -- 6. Human sociobiology -- 7. Cultural materialism -- Conclusion : the unmet challenges of evolutionary biology.

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