Sex, Gender, Ethics and the Darwinian Evolution of Mankind - 150 Years of Darwins Descent of Man

Sex, Gender, Ethics, and the Darwinian Evolution of Humanity examines the impact of Darwin's 'Descent of Man' on contemporary biology and the humanities.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Darwin and the Descent of Man: Great Revolutionary but No Rebel
2. Reason and Morality in the Descent of Man
3. Virtues According to Darwin: An Unfinished and Challenging Journey 150 Years Later
4. Selections and Analogies in Darwin's Origin of Species (1859) and Descent of Man (1871)
5. Sexual Selection
6. What Distinctions are Usefully Drawn Today Between Natural and Sexual Selection?
7. Sexual Selection, Aesthetic Choice, and Agency
8. Natural Selection and the Proportion of the Sexes: The Two Conflicting Versions (1871 and 1874)
9. Darwin's Model of Sex Ratio Evolution in the First Edition of Descent of Man and His Mysterious Retraction in the Second
10. Darwin's Retraction on Natural Selection and Sexes in the Descent of Man: A Case Study of Darwin's Use of Statistical Methodology to Advance His Evolutionary Ideas
11. How Darwin Dismissed His Own Discoveries About Inbreeding and Sex Ratio
12. Darwin on the African Ancestry of Humans. Deduction and Intuition
13. Darwin's Descent, Prehistoric Archaeology, and the Origin of Gender
14. "As Man Advances in Civilisation...": Darwin on the Expanding Circle of Moral Regard, From His Day to Ours
15. Psychology and Social Sciences: Darwinism within the Limits of Simple Reason?
16. Evolutionary Psychology from the Descent of Man To Generalized Darwinism

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michel Veuille is Honorary Professor at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), Université Paris Sciences Lettres (PSL), France, Chair of Integrative Population Biology. As a geneticist he studied sexual selection, then worked in molecular population genetics under the direction of Richard Lewontin. His research focused on the molecular characterization of natural selection in populations. As a historian he worked with Jean Gayon on the history of population genetics.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michel (Universite Paris Sciences Lettres Veuille
• Mitarbeit: Veuille Michel (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032521206
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252120-6
• Seiten: 276
• Serie: History and Philosophy of Biology
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; NATURE / General, Sociology, History: specific events & topics, Evolution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, Philosophy of Science, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Gender studies, gender groups, Psychological theory & schools of thought, The Earth: Natural History General, PHILOSOPHY / Nature, Evolution / Evolutionary biology