Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century /
Gillette, Aaron, 1964-
Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century / by Aaron Gillette. - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007. - viii, 224 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The rebirth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- Foundations for a "new" synthesis -- Recent studies on human sexuality -- The birth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- The animal nature of humans -- Earlier studies on human sexuality -- Evolution, ethics, and culture -- The death of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- The rise of environmental behaviorism -- Evolutionary psychology under attack -- The death of evolutionary psychology -- The dark forest -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
"This study shows that sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early twentieth century, at a time when many of the early researchers in these sciences were also eugenicists. Aaron Gillette tracks the developments in these fields and explains how, with the rise of behaviorism and the reaction against eugenics in the 1930s, any scientific claims that behavior might be influenced by heredity were subsequently suppressed for ideological reasons."--BOOK JACKET.
1403984220 (alk. paper)
2007003715
Eugenics.
Evolutionary psychology.
Social ethics.
HQ751 / .G48 2007
363.9/2
Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century / by Aaron Gillette. - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007. - viii, 224 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The rebirth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- Foundations for a "new" synthesis -- Recent studies on human sexuality -- The birth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- The animal nature of humans -- Earlier studies on human sexuality -- Evolution, ethics, and culture -- The death of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- The rise of environmental behaviorism -- Evolutionary psychology under attack -- The death of evolutionary psychology -- The dark forest -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
"This study shows that sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early twentieth century, at a time when many of the early researchers in these sciences were also eugenicists. Aaron Gillette tracks the developments in these fields and explains how, with the rise of behaviorism and the reaction against eugenics in the 1930s, any scientific claims that behavior might be influenced by heredity were subsequently suppressed for ideological reasons."--BOOK JACKET.
1403984220 (alk. paper)
2007003715
Eugenics.
Evolutionary psychology.
Social ethics.
HQ751 / .G48 2007
363.9/2
