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Beyond Biofatalism - Human Nature for an Evolving World (Hardcover)
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Beyond Biofatalism - Human Nature for an Evolving World (Hardcover)
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Beyond Biofatalism is a lively and penetrating response to the idea
that evolutionary psychology reveals human beings to be incapable
of building a more inclusive, cooperative, and egalitarian society.
Considering the pressures of climate change, unsustainable
population growth, increasing income inequality, and religious
extremism, this attitude promises to stifle the creative action we
require before we even try to meet these threats. Beyond
Biofatalism provides the perspective we need to understand that
better societies are not only possible but actively enabled by
human nature. Gillian Barker appreciates the methods and findings
of evolutionary psychologists, but she considers their work against
a broader background to show human nature is surprisingly open to
social change. Like other organisms, we possess an active
plasticity that allows us to respond dramatically to certain kinds
of environmental variation, and we engage in niche construction,
modifying our environment to affect others and ourselves. Barker
uses related research in social psychology, developmental biology,
ecology, and economics to reinforce this view of evolved human
nature, and philosophical exploration to reveal its broader
implications. The result is an encouraging foundation on which to
build better approaches to social, political, and other
institutional changes that could enhance our well-being and chances
for survival.
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