Suchergebnisse

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.

An overview of the history of the race concept in European and American science, this text is based on research that shows how concepts of race and science grew together in Western thought. It features an extensive bibliography citing original scientific papers dating back to the 18th century.