Eugenics and the Nature-Nurture Debate in the Twentieth Century

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Author(s): Aaron Gillette (auth.)
Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2007

Language: English
Tags: US History; Modern History; Biological Psychology; History of Science; European History; Cultural History

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Foundations for a “New” Synthesis....Pages 21-26
Recent Studies on Human Sexuality....Pages 27-37
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
The Animal Nature of Humans....Pages 41-60
Earlier Studies on Human Sexuality....Pages 61-94
Evolution, Ethics, and Culture....Pages 95-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
The Rise of Environmental Behaviorism....Pages 107-120
Evolutionary Psychology under Attack....Pages 121-134
The Death of Evolutionary Psychology....Pages 135-155
Lost in the Wilderness....Pages 157-162
Conclusion....Pages 163-167
Back Matter....Pages 169-224