On Human Nature

With a NewPreface

Edward O. Wilson

260 pages, parution le 08/11/2004

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Résumé

In his new preface E. O. Wilson reflects on how he came to write this book: how The Insect Societies led him to write Sodobiology, and how the political and religious uproar that engulfed that book persuaded-him to write another book that would better explain the relevance of biology to the understanding of human behavior.

"Wilson is a sophisticated and marvelously humane writer. His vision is a liberating one, and a reader of this splendid book comes away with a sense of the kinship that exists among the people, animals, and insects that share the planet." New Yorker

"Compellingly interesting and enormously important.. .The most stimulating, the most provocative, and the most illuminating work of nonfiction I have read in some time." William McPherson, Washington Post Book World

"A work of high intellectual daring...Here is an accomplished biologist explaining, in notably clear and unprevaricating language, what he thinks his subject now has to offer to the understanding of man and society...The implications of Wilson's thesis are rather considerable, for if true, no system of political, social, religious or ethical thought can afford to ignore it." Nicholas Wade, New Republic

L'auteur - Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson est professeur à l'université de Harvard. Chercheur reconnu internationalement pour ses travaux sur les fourmis, il est auteur d'une vingtaine d'ouvrages tous traduits dans de nombreuses langues. Il est l'"inventeur" du terme Biodiversité.

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Sommaire

Preface, 2004
Preface
Dilemma
Heredity
Development
Emergence
Aggression
Sex
Altruism
Religion
Hope

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Harvard University Press
Auteur(s)	Edward O. Wilson
Parution	08/11/2004
Nb. de pages	260
Format	15,5 x 21,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	310g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780674016385
ISBN13	978-0-674-01638-5