Tangled Wing Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit

Name: Tangled Wing Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit
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ISBN: 9780805072792

ISBN-10: 0805072799

ISBN-13: 9780805072792

Edition: 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Melvin Konner

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A vital updating of a seminal work of science First published to great acclaim twenty years ago, The 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 and…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 2/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
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


A Prefatory Inquiry



Foundations of a Science of Human Nature



The Quest for the Natural



Adaptation



The Crucible



The Fabric of Meaning



The Several Humours



The Beast with Two Backs



The Well of Feeling



Logos



Of Human Frailty



Rage



Fear



Joy



Lust



Love



Grief



Gluttony



The Modification of Behavior



Change



The Invisible Galaxy



Human Nature and the Human Future



The Prospect



The Tangled Wing



The Dawn of Wonder