Killer instinct: the popular science of human nature in twentieth-century america
Auteur :
Weidman, Nadine
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674983472
Date de publication :
26 oct. 2021
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 3,2 cm
Poids :
726 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In the 1960s biologists and social scientists engaged in a public debate about human nature. The question—whether humans are innately aggressive or cooperative—eventually receded, but the oppositional nature–nurture binary created in the course of the debate left a lasting legacy that would underpin subsequent discussions of human behavior.