Oedipus Rex in the Genomic Era: Human Behaviour, Law and Society

by Yulia Kovas and Fatos Selita

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349960470
• ISBN13: 9781349960477
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"