Author: Rose, Hilary (Visiting Professor in Sociology, City University); Rose, Steven (Professor of Biology and Director, Brain and Behaviour Research Group, Open University)
Hardback; Book; Illustrations
292 pages
Published: July 2000
Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
ISBN: 0224060309
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The first comprehensive critique of Evolutionary Psychology, today's most fashionable and influential theory of human development and behaviour. Will appeal to anyone interested in human development as well as readers of Dawkins, Pinker, etc who want to hear the other side of the argument. This highly controversial subject will spark a wild debate and attract huge review coverage.At the beginning of the 21st century genes are used to explain almost every aspect of human life, from social inequalities to health, sexuality and criminality. This book offers a crticism of this so called evolutionary psychology.