Volume 2 · Part II · 1975
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
Wilson, Edward O.
Published 1975
Author(s) Wilson, Edward O.
LC Class QL775 .W54
LCCN 74083910
Summary
Wilson opens the book provocatively by proposing that ethics, emotion, and social behavior can all be examined as products of genes acting through the brain and its evolved emotional centers. He frames social behavior as ultimately serving the propagation of genes, establishing from the very first page the reductionist and evolutionary tone that will govern the whole synthesis.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1. The Morality of the Gene
- Chapters 2–5. Population Biology and Elementary Theory
- Chapters 6–14. Social Mechanisms
- Chapters 15–26. The Social Species (Survey)
- Chapter 27. Man: From Sociobiology to Sociology
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