Killer instinct : the popular science of human nature in twentieth-century America

Killer instinct : the popular science of human nature in twentieth-century America / Nadine Weidman.

"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 un...

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Main Author: Weidman, Nadine M., 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Science in popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Nature and nurture > United States > History > 20th century.
Aggressiveness.
Sociobiology > United States > History > 20th century.
Human behavior.
History.
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:vii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674983472
0674983475

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