sex, race, religion, and other matters
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Stamos, David N.
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- WER 8 2008
- Thesaurus
- biologie, sociale wetenschappen, theorieën, essentialisme, sociobiologie, feminisme, man vrouw verschillen, homoseksualiteit, identiteit, epistemologie, taal, ethiek, religie
- Description
- In this book David Stamos wants to question whether and to what extent evolutionary biology shines light on the big questions debated in the humanities and social sciences.The main theme in the book is the debate between evolutionary explanations and what has come to be known as the Standard Social Science Model. This model is a way of looking at human nature that is commonly found in sociology, behaviorism in psychology, cultural anthropology, Marxism, women's studies, and gay studies. Stamos examines topics of race, sex, gender, the nature of language, religion, ethics, knowledge, consciousness and ultimately, the meaning of life from different perspectives.