Eugenics and the Nature-Nurture Debate in the Twentieth Century
Gillette, Aaron
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BOOK SUMMARY
Gillette shows that the sciences of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early twentieth century. However, many of the early researchers in these sciences were also eugenicists. With the rise of behaviorism and
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Gillette shows that the sciences of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology were undergoing rapid development in the early twentieth century. However, many of the early researchers in these sciences were also eugenicists. With the rise of behaviorism and the reaction against eugenics in the 1930s, any scientific claims that behavior might be influenced by heredity were suppressed for ideological reasons.
AUTHOR BIO
Aaron Gillette is Assistant Professor of History, University of Houston-Downtown.
BOOK REVIEWS
"In this book, Gillette conclusively demonstrates that the sociobiological revolution of the late 20th century was not nearly as revolutionary as most think. Anticipating the work of E. O. Wilson, Stephen Hawkins, Robert Trivers, and others by half a century, the work of early 20th-century evolutionary psychologists nevertheless fell into obscurity for several reasons, not the least of which was its taint by association with the eugenics movement. This is a volume that will be of great use not just to students of the histories of psychology and eugenics, but also to those interested in the philosophy and sociology of science."--Kevin Kern, University of Akron
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1403984220
ISBN(13-digit): 9781403984227
Dewey Decimal: 363.9/2
Library of Congress: 2007003715
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 224
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