The character of human institutions : Robin Fox and the rise of biosocial science / Michael Egan, editor.

The character of human institutions :
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781315131207 (e-book : PDF)
9781351485272 (e-book: Mobi)
9781412853774 (hardback)
9781412865548 (paperback)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yayın Bilgisi
London : Routledge, 2017.
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (xi, 382 pages)
Genel Not
First published 2014 by Transaction Publishers.
İçindekiler Notu
part, I Personal and Confidential / Robert Trivers -- chapter Introduction Mainstream Maverick / Michael Egan -- chapter 1 This Guy, Fox / Lionel Tiger -- chapter 2 A Tribute and Personal Thanks / Michael T. McGuire -- part, II Popularity and Drink / Robert Trivers -- chapter 3 Writing Popular Anthropology / Kate Fox -- chapter 4 Drink and Duty: Extreme Drinking Rituals in the British Army / Anne Fox -- part, III Laughter and Happiness / Robert Trivers -- chapter 5 Understanding Laughter / Sir Antony Jay -- chapter 6 Joyous, Equal, and Free: Conditions of Felicity in Human Organizations / Charles Macdonald -- part, IV Kinship and Incest / Robert Trivers -- chapter 7 Kinship Constructed Us: Primate Kinship and Cultural Anthropology / Linda Stone -- chapter 8 Lighting the Red Lamp of Incest / Alexandra Maryanski and Jonathan Turner -- chapter 9 Darwin and Cousin Marriage in England / Adam Kuper -- part, V Self and Epic / Robert Trivers -- chapter 10 The Image of the Good Imperial Education / Alan Macfarlane -- chapter 11 The Ethnography of the Self: Anthropologists’ Autobiographies / David Jenkins -- chapter 12 The Universal Epic: A Research Challenge / Frederick Turner -- part, VI Nature and Society / Robert Trivers -- chapter 13 From Human Nature to Human Society: Why Anthropology Cannot Ignore Biological Constants / Bernard Chapais -- chapter 14 The Changing Nature of Human Nature / H. Dieter Steklis -- chapter 15 Science and Anti-Science in Anthropology: A Look Back / Melvin J. Konner -- part, VII Finale / Robert Trivers -- chapter 16 The Consumerist Cosmos / Howard Bloom -- chapter 17 Last Word: The Razor’s Edge / Robin Fox.
Özet, vb.
"This volume celebrates the life and work of Robin Fox and the idea of a biosocial science. From his early studies of kinship, primates, the brain, evolution, the incest taboo, and aggression, to his later work on literature, politics, civilization, law, the Bible, Shakespeare, and the history of ideas, Robin Fox inspired many with an evolutionary vision of humanity that goes beyond narrow disciplinary boundaries and embraces the universal history of mankind. Fox's work represents an independent biosocial science stream of thinking that accepts the Darwinian mandate while avoiding reductionism by recognizing culture as a natural phenomenon.The essays cover Fox's life and his contributions, and address topics as diverse as the meaning and function of laughter; the unforgiving discipline of writing popular anthropology; extreme drinking rituals among young men training for the British army; Darwin and close-cousin marriage; the universal essence of the epic form as a super-attractor; anthropologists' autobiographies; the conflict between science and anti-science; and the decline of British imperial education.This engaging collection on a mainstream maverick has been edited by Michael Egan. It includes essays by Sir Antony Jay, Lionel Tiger, Howard Bloom, Michael McGuire, Kate Fox, Melvin Konner, Alan Macfarlane, Adam Kuper, Dieter Steklis, Alexandra Maryanski, Bernard Chapais, Jonathan Turner, Linda Stone, Charles Macdonald, Anne Fox, David Jenkins, Frederick Turner, Robert Trivers, and an essay by Robin Fox himself."--Provided by publisher.
Konu
Fox, Robin, __ 1934-
Anthropologists __ England __ Biography.
Anthropologists __ United States __ Biography.
Physical anthropology.
Sociobiology.
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