Killer instinct : the popular science of human nature in twentieth-century America / Nadine Weidman.
| Author/creator | Weidman, Nadine M., 1966- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: The beast within -- How ethology became popular -- The alchemy of aggression -- Weapons created man -- The biology of love -- The aggression debate -- Sociobiology and pop ethology: contextualizing E.O. Wilson -- Genes and gender: the sociobiology debate -- Conclusion: On the shores of Lake Turkana |
| Abstract | "In the 1960s biologists and social scientists engaged in a public debate about human nature. The question-whether humans are innately aggressive or cooperative-eventually receded, but the oppositional nature-nurture binary created in the course of the debate left a lasting legacy that would underpin subsequent discussions of human behavior"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Language | In English. |
| Source of description | Print version record |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Weidman, Nadine M., 1966- Killer instinct. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021 9780674983472 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 0674269659 electronic bk. |
| ISBN | 9780674269651 electronic bk. |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780674269668 |
| ISBN | 0674269667 |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4159/9780674269651 |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv1xscrfm JSTOR |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |