Evolutionary Politics
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, This synthesis of research inong>toong> the behavior of humans ong>andong> ong>otherong> social animals ranges horizontally from a congruence of the perspectives of the life sciences, social sciences, ong>andong> physical sciences ong>andong> longitudinally from that of the most recent 60 million ong>yearsong>, but emphasizing the last 12 thousong>andong> ong>yearsong>. From a political science perspective, these essays focus on both individual ong>andong> small-group political behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary theory, biosocial ong>andong> psychobiological theory, ethology ong>andong> primaong>toong>logy, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, ong>andong> the philosophy of both life ong>andong> social sciences. Introducing ong>andong> concluding the book are essays that discuss the implications of biology ong>andong> the life sciences for the study of political science. The ong>otherong>s center on ong>fiveong> ong>toong>pics: political ethology (naturalistic study of human behavior as animal behavior); political evolution; evolutionary theory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, ong>andong> onong>toong>genetic); ong>andong> the evolution of human thinking.