Animal, Spiritual and Cerebral
Mary Midgley, 18 August 1983
On the Evolution of Human Behaviour
by Peter Reynolds.
California, 259 pp., £20, December 1981,0 520 04294 8 Show More
by Peter Reynolds.
California, 259 pp., £20, December 1981,
The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit
by Melvin Konner.
Heinemann, 436 pp., £16.50, October 1982,0 434 39703 2 Show More
by Melvin Konner.
Heinemann, 436 pp., £16.50, October 1982,
Sociobiology and the Human Dimension
by Georg Breuer.
Cambridge, 264 pp., £22.50, January 1983,0 521 24544 3 Show More
by Georg Breuer.
Cambridge, 264 pp., £22.50, January 1983,
Sociobiology and the Pre-Emption of Social Science
by Alexander Rosenberg.
Blackwell, 210 pp., £9.90, March 1981,0 631 12625 2 Show More
by Alexander Rosenberg.
Blackwell, 210 pp., £9.90, March 1981,
“... consequence of this ballyhoo, it becomes necessary to sort out the wheat from the chaff. For this Georg Breuer’s admirable little book is just what is needed. He explains the actual doctrines from scratch very clearly, shows where they are useful, and defends them against the crasser criticisms which they have incurred merely on the sort of grounds ... ”
