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The Character of Human Institutions - Robin Fox and the Rise of Biosocial Science (Paperback)
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The Character of Human Institutions - Robin Fox and the Rise of Biosocial Science (Paperback)
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This collection of essays by seventeen outstanding scientists and
scholars celebrates the life and work of Robin Fox, and the idea of
a biosocial science. From early studies of kinship, primates, the
brain, evolution, the incest taboo and aggression, to later work on
literature, politics, civilization, law, the bible, Shakespeare,
and the history of ideas, Fox has inspired many with his
evolutionary vision of humanity that goes beyond narrow
disciplinary boundaries and embraces the "Universal History of
Mankind," including the possible human future. Fox's work
encompasses sociobiology but is not limited by it. He preceded it
and is both influenced by it and helped to foster it. But his work
represents an independent "biosocial science" stream of thinking
that accepts the Darwinian mandate while avoiding reductionism by
recognizing culture as a natural phenomenon. His contribution has
recently been recognized by election to the National Academy of
Sciences. This book is not only a tribute to one remarkable thinker
but a brilliant, entertaining and diverse summary of the state of
play in current biosocial science and the thought of those
influenced by it across the whole intellectual spectrum. It is that
rare academic book where high thinking and good humor share the
field, as they do in the life of its honoree.
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