Tangled Wing : Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit

Name: Tangled Wing : Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit
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ISBN: 9780061320668

ISBN-10: 0061320668

ISBN-13: 9780061320668

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Authors: Melvin Konner

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A vital updating of a seminal work of science First published to great acclaim twenty years ago, T"he Tangled Wing" has become required reading for anyone interested in the biological roots of human behavior. Since then, revolutions have taken place in genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. All of these innovations have been brought into account in this greatly expanded edition of a book originally called an "overwhelming achievement" by "The Times Literary Supplement," A masterful synthesis of biology, psychology, anthropology, and philosophy, "The Tangled Wing" reveals human identity and activity to be an intricately woven fabric of innumerable factors. Melvin Konner's sensitive…

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List price: $10.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 564
Language: English

Melvin Konner is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and an associate professor and neurology at Emory University. A Fellow o f the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he lives in Atlanta.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
A Prefatory Inquiry	p. xiii
Foundations of a Science of Human Nature
The Quest for the Natural	p. 3
Adaptation	p. 11
The Crucible	p. 29
The Fabric of Meaning	p. 54
The Several Humours	p. 71
The Beast with Two Backs	p. 91
The Well of Feeling	p. 120
Logos	p. 145
Of Human Frailty
Rage	p. 175
Fear	p. 204
Joy	p. 236
Lust	p. 259
Love	p. 297
Grief	p. 337
Gluttony	p. 376
The Modification of Behavior
Change	p. 405
The Invisible Galaxy	p. 434
Human Nature and the Human Future
The Prospect	p. 467
The Tangled Wing
The Dawn of Wonder	p. 485
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