Beyond Biofatalism | A Response to the Pessimism of Evolutionary Psychology

A New View of Human Society That Challenges Mainstream Evolutionary Psychology MORE BOOKS IN SCIENCE MORE BOOKS IN PSYCHOLOGY MORE BOOKS IN PHILOSOPHY Beyond Biofatalism Human Nature for an Evolving World Gillian Barker Beyond Biofatalism is a lively and penetrating response to the idea that evolutionary psychology reveals human beings to be incapable of building a more inclusive, cooperative, and egalitarian society. Considering the pressures of climate change, unsustainable population growth, increasing income inequality, and religious extremism, this attitude promises to stifle the creative action we require before we even try to meet these threats. Beyond Biofatalism provides the perspective we need to understand that better societies are not only possible but actively enabled by human nature. Gillian Barker appreciates the methods and findings of evolutionary psychologists, but she considers their work against a broader background to show human nature is surprisingly open to social change. Barker uses related research in social psychology, developmental biology, ecology, and economics to reinforce a view of evolved human nature. The result is an encouraging foundation on which to build better approaches to social, political, and other institutional changes that could enhance our well-being and chances for survival. -  Read the chapter "Human Nature and the Limits of Human Possibility" - An Interview with Gillian Barker - How Evolutionary Psychology Can Affect Political Change - Gillian Barker on the Work of Steven Pinker and Others $30.00 $21.00 | Hardcover | 176 pages / £20.00*   USE COUPON CODE "CUP30" AND SAVE 30%   *Customers in UK, Europe, and Middle East please contact customer@wiley.com STAY CONNECTED

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