New Evolutionary Social Science: Human Nature, Social Behavior, and Social Change

by Peter Meyer, Tamás Meleghy, Heinz-Jürgen Niedenzu

Book Overview

Social scientists have long declared their autonomy from the natural sciences, and in doing so have tended to neglect important biological constraints on human nature. Many sociological theories have suggested a nearly complete malleability of patterns of social life. The New Evolutionary Social Science challenges this view by building on Stephen K. Sanderson's 'Darwinian conflict theory' which sets out to synthesise sociological theories with key...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159451397X
• ISBN13: 9781594513978
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"