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This book explores the answers to fundamental questions about the
human mind and human behaviour with the help of two ancient texts.
The first is Oedipus Rex (Oedipus Tyrannus) by Sophocles, written
in the 5th century BCE. The second is human DNA, with its origins
around 4 billion years ago, and continuously revised by chance and
evolution. With Sophocles as a guide, the authors take a journey
into the Genomic era, an age marked by ever-expanding insights into
the human genome. Over the course of this journey, the book
explores themes of free will, fate, and chance; prediction,
misinterpretation, and the burden that comes with knowledge of the
future; self-fulfilling and self-defeating prophecies; the forces
that contribute to similarities and differences among people; roots
and lineage; and the judgement of oneself and others. Using Oedipus
Rex as its lens, this novel work provides an engaging overview of
behavioural genetics that demonstrates its relevance across the
humanities and the social and life sciences. It will appeal in
particular to students and scholars of genetics, education,
psychology, sociology, and law.
This book explores the answers to fundamental questions about the
human mind and human behaviour with the help of two ancient texts.
The first is Oedipus Rex (Oedipus Tyrannus) by Sophocles, written
in the 5th century BCE. The second is human DNA, with its origins
around 4 billion years ago, and continuously revised by chance and
evolution. With Sophocles as a guide, the authors take a journey
into the Genomic era, an age marked by ever-expanding insights into
the human genome. Over the course of this journey, the book
explores themes of free will, fate, and chance; prediction,
misinterpretation, and the burden that comes with knowledge of the
future; self-fulfilling and self-defeating prophecies; the forces
that contribute to similarities and differences among people; roots
and lineage; and the judgement of oneself and others. Using Oedipus
Rex as its lens, this novel work provides an engaging overview of
behavioural genetics that demonstrates its relevance across the
humanities and the social and life sciences. It will appeal in
particular to students and scholars of genetics, education,
psychology, sociology, and law.
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