THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: A Personal Inquiry into the Evolutionary Sources of Order and Disorder

Ardrey, Robert

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Language: English

Published by HarperCollins Distribution Services, London, 1970

0002117908 / 9780002117906

Series: Book 3 of 4 - Robert Ardrey's Nature of Man series

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This copy is in as new, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Robert Ardrey (October 16, 1908 – January 14, 1980) was an American playwright, screenwriter and science writer perhaps best known for The Territorial Imperative (1966). After a Broadway and Hollywood career, he returned to his academic training in anthropology and the behavioral sciences in the 1950s. Ardrey's scientific work played a major role in overturning long-standing assumptions in the social sciences. In particular, both African Genesis (1961) and The Territorial Imperative (1966), two of his most widely read works, were instrumental in changing scientific doctrine and increasing public awareness of evolutionary science. His work was so popular that many prominent scientists cite it as inspiring them to enter their fields. The Social Contract: A Personal Inquiry into the Evolutionary Sources of Order and Disorder is a 1970 book by Robert Ardrey. It is the third in his four-book Nature of Man Series. The book extended Ardrey's refutation of the prevailing conviction within social sciences that all social behavior is purely learned and not governed by innate patterns. Through interwoven analyses of animals and human social structures Ardrey argued that inherited evolutionary traits are an important determining factor in social behavior. Ardrey dedicated The Social Contract to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, after whose 1762 work the book was titled.Ref III 4.…

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THE SOCIAL CONTRACT: A Personal Inquiry into the Evolutionary Sources of Order and Disorder
Author
Ardrey, Robert
Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services, London
Publication year
1970
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As New
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Hardcover
Language
English
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0002117908
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9780002117906
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