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Social by Nature - The Promise and Peril of Sociogenomics (Hardcover)
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Social by Nature - The Promise and Peril of Sociogenomics (Hardcover)
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Sociogenomics has rapidly become one of the trendiest sciences of
the new millennium. Practitioners view human nature and life
outcomes as the result of genetic and social factors. In Social by
Nature, Catherine Bliss recognizes the promise of this
interdisciplinary young science, but also questions its
implications for the future. As she points out, the claim that
genetic similarities cause groups of people to behave in similar
ways is not new-and a dark history of eugenics warns us of its
dangers. Over the last decade, sociogenomics has enjoyed a largely
uncritical rise to prominence and acceptance in popular culture.
Researchers have published studies showing that things like
educational attainment, gang membership, and life satisfaction are
encoded in our DNA long before we say our first word. Strangely,
unlike the racial debates over IQ scores in the '70s and '90s,
sociogenomics has not received any major backlash. By exposing the
shocking parallels between sociogenomics and older,
long-discredited, sciences, Bliss persuasively argues for a more
thoughtful public reception of any study that reduces human nature
to a mere sequence of genes. This book is a powerful call for
researchers to approach their work in more socially responsible
ways, and a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand the
scholarship that impacts how we see ourselves and our society.
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