Modernity and Cultural Decline

A Biobehavioral Perspective

AvMatthew Alexandar Sarraf,Michael Anthony Woodley of Menie

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This book argues that despite the many real advantages that industrial modernity has yielded—including large gains in wealth, longevity, and (possibly) happiness—it has occurred together with the appearance of a variety of serious problems.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-12-17
Mått:148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt:528 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:307
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030329839

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Matthew Alexandar Sarraf is a researcher in the areas of psychometrics, evolutionary psychology, and behavior genetics. Michael Anthony Woodley of Menie, Yr., is a geneticist and ecologist. He is a Lifetime Fellow at the Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.Colin Feltham is Emeritus Professor of Critical Counselling Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Defending Biobehavioral Science.- 3. Medieval and Modern Worlds.- 4. Discontent with Modernity.- 5. Enlightenment Never.- 6. Making the Case for Mutation Accumulation.- 7. The Social Epistasis Amplification Model: A Diachronic Test and Expansion of Theoretical Foundations.- 8. Biocosmic Pessimism.