Eugenics And The Nature-nurture Debate In The Twentieth Century (palgrave Studies In The History Of Science And Technology)

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 behaviourism and the reaction against eugenics in the 1930s, any scientific claims that behaviour might be influenced by heredity were suppressed for ideological reasons. This Study Shows That Sociobiology And Evolutionary Psychology Were Undergoing Rapid Development In The Early Twentieth Century, At A Time When Many Of The Early Researchers In These Sciences Were Also Eugenicists. Aaron Gillette Tracks The Developments In These Fields And Explains How, With The Rise Of Behaviorism And The Reaction Against Eugenics In The 1930s, Any Scientific Claims That Behavior Might Be Influenced By Heredity Were Subsequently Suppressed For Ideological Reasons.--book Jacket. The Rebirth Of Sociobiology And Evolutionary Psychology -- Foundations For A New Synthesis -- Recent Studies On Human Sexuality -- The Birth Of Sociobiology And Evolutionary Psychology -- The Animal Nature Of Humans -- Earlier Studies On Human Sexuality -- Evolution, Ethics, And Culture -- The Death Of Sociobiology And Evolutionary Psychology -- The Rise Of Environmental Behaviorism -- Evolutionary Psychology Under Attack -- The Death Of Evolutionary Psychology -- Lost In The Wilderness -- Conclusion. Aaron Gillette. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [201]-217) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Part I: The Rebirth of Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology......Page 30 1 Foundations for a “New” Synthesis......Page 32 2 Recent Studies on Human Sexuality......Page 38 Part II: The Birth of Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology......Page 50 3 The Animal Nature of Humans......Page 52 4 Earlier Studies on Human Sexuality......Page 72 5 Evolution, Ethics, and Culture......Page 106 Part III: The Death of Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology......Page 116 6 The Rise of Environmental Behaviorism......Page 118 7 Evolutionary Psychology under Attack......Page 132 8 The Death of Evolutionary Psychology......Page 146 9 Lost in the Wilderness......Page 168 Conclusion......Page 174 List of Abbreviations......Page 180 Notes......Page 182 Bibliography......Page 212 B......Page 230 E......Page 231 H......Page 232 M......Page 233 S......Page 234 Z......Page 235