Evolutionary Politics
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, This synthesis ong>ofong> research into the behavior ong>ofong> humans and other social animals ranges horizontong>allong>y from a congruence ong>ofong> the perspectives ong>ofong> the life sciences, social sciences, and physical sciences and longitudinong>allong>y from that ong>ofong> the most recent 60 million years, but emphasizing the last 12 thousand years. From a political science perspective, these ong>essaysong> focus on both individual and smong>allong>-group political behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary theory, biosocial and psychobiological theory, ethology and primatology, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, and the philosophy ong>ofong> both life and social sciences. Introducing and concluding the book are ong>essaysong> that discuss the implications ong>ofong> biology and the life sciences for the study ong>ofong> political science. The others center on five topics: political ethology (naturalistic study ong>ofong> human behavior as animal behavior); political evolution; evolutionary theory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, and ontogenetic); and the evolution ong>ofong> human thinking.