To most biologists, sociobiology represents the concept of strict Darwinian individual selection married to an analytical application of ecological principles and brought to bear on social behavior in an unusually exciting and productive way. Joining the biologists are a small number of social scientists. But there are radically divergent views as to how the field should be delimited, and sociobiology is one of the most widely discussed fields in biology and anthropology today. The symposium on which this book is based was ...
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To most biologists, sociobiology represents the concept of strict Darwinian individual selection married to an analytical application of ecological principles and brought to bear on social behavior in an unusually exciting and productive way. Joining the biologists are a small number of social scientists. But there are radically divergent views as to how the field should be delimited, and sociobiology is one of the most widely discussed fields in biology and anthropology today. The symposium on which this book is based was arranged by a biologist and an anthropologist. The participants, leaders in their fields, ably present contrasting and responsible views on current issues. This is the first collection of essays on sociobiology in which opposing views are aired. It is an exciting, timely book and an important historical document.
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627 pages. Printed from tyepscript. A collection of essays based on a 1978 symposium. 'This is the first colleciton of essays on sociobiology in which opposing views are aired. '--from the About page. First edition (first printing). A near fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. Gould opposed the notion of sociobiology and co-wrote a letter titled 'Against 'Sociobiology'' to the New York Review of Books in 1975. With a posthumous tipped in bookplate indicating the provenance. *** Intellectually, Gould understood the true nature of these bookplates, but the book collector in him appreciated them. In his essay 'A Seahorse for All Races' Gould writes about one of his prized possessions, a book from Charles Dickens' library: 'Dickens made no annotations, but a bookplate on the cover, presumably inserted as a come-on for a sale after Dickens' death in 1870, does prove that [he] kept and shelved the book. ' *** We offer our Gould bookplates, printed letterpress in two colors, in the same spirit.
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Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Very good hardcover. NOT ex-library, binding sturdy, boards square. Text unmarked except for previous owner's inscription on title page. No dust jacket. Report from a 1978 symposium on sociobiology; contributors include Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.