On Human Nature (Penguin science)

Wilson, Edward O

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141000368 ISBN 13: 9780141000367

Publisher: Penguin, 2001

Human nature is genetically determined, but to what extent? And does the acceptance of evolutionary theory as the basis for social behaviour diminish our humanity? In this controversial book, Edward Wilson argues that science offers us true liberation. '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.' New Republic

About the Author:

Edward O. Wilson is widely recognized as one of the world's pre-eminent biologists and naturalists. The author of more than twenty books, including Consilience, The Diversity of Life, The Social Conquest of Earth, The Meaning of Human Existence and Letters to a Young Scientist, Wilson is a Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, he lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Synopsis:

Human nature is genetically determined, but to what extent? And does the acceptance of evolutionary theory as the basis for social behaviour diminish our humanity? In this volume, first published in 1978, Edward Wilson argues that science offers us true liberation.