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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Human nature and the limits of human possibility -- The cost of change -- Thinking about change and stability in living systems -- Lessons from development, ecology, and evolutionary biology -- Human possibilities -- Valuing change -- Choosing environments -- What is feasible? -- Evolutionary psychology and human possibilities. |
| Summary |
Beyond Biofatalism is a spirited response to the pessimism of mainstream evolutionary psychology, which argues that human beings are incapable of building a more inclusive, cooperative, and egalitarian society. Considering the pressures of climate change, unsustainable population growth, increasing income inequality, and religious extremism, this attitude promises to bury us before we even try to meet these threats. Beyond Biofatalism provides the perspective we need to understand that better societies are not only possible but actively enabled by human nature. Though she takes issue with the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Evolutionary psychology.
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Evolutionary psychology. |
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Human evolution.
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Human evolution. |
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Behavior evolution.
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Behavior evolution. |
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Social evolution.
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Social evolution. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barker, Gillian. Beyond biofatalism. New York : Columbia University Press, [2015] 9780231171885 (DLC) 2015012299 (OCoLC)909538220 |
| ISBN |
9780231540391 electronic book |
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0231540396 electronic book |
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9780231171885 |
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0231171889 |
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