From an evolutionary perspective, individuals have a vi- tal
interest in the reproduction of their genes. Yet this interest is
overlooked by social and political theory at a time when we need to
steer an adaptive course through the unnatural modern world of
uneven population growth and decline, global mobility, and loss of
family and communal ties. In modern Darwinian theory, bearing
children is only one way to reproduce. Since we share genes with
our families, ethnic groups, and the species as a whole,
ethnocentrism and humanism can be adaptive. They can also be
hazardous when taken to extremes. "On Genetic Interests" canvasses
strategies and ethics for conserving our genetic interests in an
environmentally sustainable manner sensitive to the interests of
others.
" This] is a fresh and deep contribution to the sociobiology of
humans, combining genetics with social science in original
ways."--Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University
"The book greatly expands Hamiltonian kin selection' by making
ethnies in control of territory the central arena of selfish
genery' in a modern world of mass migration."--Pierre van den
Berghe, University of Washington, Seattle
"Salter argues that all humans have a vital interest in genetic
continuity that is threatened by mass migration. Salter advocates
non-aggressive universal nationalism' as part of a balanced fitness
portfolio' that includes investments in three levels of genetic
interests--family, ethny, and the species as a whole. The synthesis
is persuasive; the policy formulations provocative."--Irenus
Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Max Planck Society
"Five stars for Salter--he has provided us with a deep and
compelling explanation of what most people know and what guides
much of their behavior, but fear to acknowledge publicly."--Michael
T. McGuire, UCLA
"We are indeed all part of each other, as John Donne insisted
even before the help of evolutionary genetics. But we are more part
of some than others, and the nature of these boundaries of ethnic
kinship has been ignored, avoided or denied. After Salter's
virtuoso synthesis we can no longer duck these issues which become
more important daily."--Robin Fox, Rutgers University
"Frank Salter" is an Australian political scientist who has been a
researcher with the Max Planck Society, Andechs, Germany, since
1991.
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