Modernity and Cultural Decline - A Biobehavioral Perspective (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)

This book argues that despite the many real advantages that industrial modernity has yielded-including large gains in wealth, longevity, and (possibly) happiness-it has occurred together with the appearance of a variety of serious problems. Chief among these are probable losses in subjective existential purpose and increases in psychopathology. A highly original theory of the ultimate basis of these trends is advanced, which unites prior work in psychometrics and evolutionary science. This theory builds on the social epistasis amplification model to argue that genetic and epigenetic changes in modernizing and modernized populations, stemming from shifts in selective pressures related to industrialization, have lowered human fitness and wellness.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	December 2020
First published:	2019
Authors:	Matthew Alexandar Sarraf • Michael Anthony Woodley of Menie • Colin Feltham
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	307
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-032986-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Abnormal psychology Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Medical genetics Promotions
LSN:	3-03-032986-0
Barcode:	9783030329860

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