ABSTRACT
"Handbook on Evolution and Society" brings together original chapters by prominent scholars who have been instrumental in the revival of evolutionary theorizing and research in the social sciences over the last twenty-five years. Previously unpublished essays provide up-to-date, critical surveys of recent research and key debates. The contributors discuss early challenges posed by sociobiology, the rise of evolutionary psychology, the more conflicted response of evolutionary sociology to sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology. Chapters address the application and limitations of Darwinian ideas in the social sciences. Prominent authors come from a variety of disciplines in ecology, biology, primatology, psychology, sociology, and the humanities. The most comprehensive resource available, this vital collection demonstrates to scholars and students the new ways in which evolutionary approaches, ultimately derived from biology, are influencing the diverse social sciences and humanities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |111 pages
General Issues in Evolutionary Analysis in the Social Sciences
part |79 pages
Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology
part |156 pages
Evolutionary Sociology
chapter |17 pages
Evolving Communities
part |73 pages
Sex, Gender, and Mating
chapter |20 pages
The Evolution of Tenuous Pair Bonding in Humans
part |89 pages
Cooperation, Hierarchy, and Social Control
part |116 pages
From Primate Legacies to Future Directions