The Darwinian Heritage and Sociobiology

by Van Der Dennen, Johan M. G.

• ISBN13: 9780275964368
• ISBN10: 0275964361
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

The editors present a collection of essays dealing with both the life and ideas of Charles Darwin as they relate to human sociobiology. They represent themes coming from evolutionary theory, cultural anthropology, political science, sociology, and psychology and psychiatry. Consistent with E. O. Wilson's Consilience, the compilation also reflects an interest in the humanities and thus offers materials exploring the possibility of a broad synthesis of knowledge relating to human nature. Beyond the theory and evidence offered in these disciplines is the promise of finding explanations for, and solutions to, current human differences and problems.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Part I: Biological Foundations	1	(46)
Group Selection and the Selfish Gene: The Units-of-Selection Problem Revisited	3	(14)
Michael J. C. Waller
The Implications of Darwin's Variational Paradigm	17	(8)
David Smillie
Cooperative Genes: Synergy and the Bioeconomics of Evolution	25	(22)
Peter A. Corning
Part II: Sociobiology and Culture	47	(70)
The Sociobiology of Human Cooperation: The Interplay of Ultimate and Proximate Causes	49	(18)
Peter Meyer
Evolution and Culture: The Missing Link	67	(16)
Robin Allott
Evolution: Implications for Epistemology and Cultural Variation	83	(18)
Dennis Werner
Culture and the Darwinian Heritage: Implications for Literary Research in the University	101	(16)
John Constable
Part III: Sociobiology and Political Science	117	(114)
Marx, Darwin, and Human Nature	119	(16)
Lucio Ferreira Alves
Culture and the Evolution of the Human Mating System	135	(28)
Pouwel Slurink
Human Evolution and the Origin of War: A Darwinian Heritage	163	(24)
Johan M. G. van der Dennen
Ethnic Conflicts and Ethnic Nepotism	187	(14)
Tatu Vanhanen
Mating Patterns and Their Role in the Formation and Structure of the Abbad Tribe in Jordan	201	(8)
A. J. Nabulsi
Darwin's Really Dangerous Idea---The Primacy of Variation	209	(22)
J. Philippe Rushton
Part IV: Sociobiology and the Concerns of Sociologists	231	(42)
With Whom Was Darwin Supposed to Fall in Love?	233	(10)
Ada Lampert
Grandparental Caregiving and Intergenerational Relations Reflect Reproductive Strategies	243	(10)
Harald A. Euler
Barbara Weitzel
Marital Power Dynamics: A Darwinian Perspective	253	(8)
Norma J. Schell
Carol C. Weisfeld
Sexual Dimorphism and the Evolution of Gender Stereotypes in Man: A Sociobiological Perspective	261	(12)
M. L. Butovskaya
A. G. Kozintsev
Part V: Evolutionary Psychology and Psychiatry	273	(62)
Darwin and the Eighteenth-Century British Moral Tradition	275	(10)
Michael Bradie
Evolutionary Psychology: The Appropriate Disciplinary Link between Evolutionary Theory and the Social Sciences	285	(10)
Charles Elworthy
Implications of Sexual Selection for Variation in Human Personality and Behavior	295	(14)
John S. Price
Serotonin, Dopamine, and the Evolution of Sociophysiological Neurotransmission	309	(10)
Daniel R. Wilson
Sean Stanton
Sandra Wilson
Darwinian Analysis of the Emotion of Pride/Shame	319	(16)
Glenn Weisfeld
Index	335	(14)
About the Editors and Contributors	349