Science and the Goals of Man
Author | : Anatol Rapoport |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Anatol Rapoport |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stuart A. Umpleby |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1990-12-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780891167358 |
This work contains the proceedings of a meeting held by 18 American and Soviet scholars on the state of cybernetics and systems theory in their two countries. American interest focused on the observation of systems, whilst Soviet interest focused on mathematical modelling.
Author | : Stephen Jay Gould |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2006-06-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0393340406 |
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve. When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits. And yet the idea of innate limits—of biology as destiny—dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to The Bell Curve, whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated and thoroughly undermined by Stephen Jay Gould. In this edition Dr. Gould has written a substantial new introduction telling how and why he wrote the book and tracing the subsequent history of the controversy on innateness right through The Bell Curve. Further, he has added five essays on questions of The Bell Curve in particular and on race, racism, and biological determinism in general. These additions strengthen the book's claim to be, as Leo J. Kamin of Princeton University has said, "a major contribution toward deflating pseudo-biological 'explanations' of our present social woes."
Author | : Sigrid Schmalzer |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2009-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226738612 |
In the 1920s an international team of scientists and miners unearthed the richest evidence of human evolution the world had ever seen: Peking Man. After the communist revolution of 1949, Peking Man became a prominent figure in the movement to bring science to the people. In a new state with twin goals of crushing “superstition” and establishing a socialist society, the story of human evolution was the first lesson in Marxist philosophy offered to the masses. At the same time, even Mao’s populist commitment to mass participation in science failed to account for the power of popular culture—represented most strikingly in legends about the Bigfoot-like Wild Man—to reshape ideas about human nature. The People’s Peking Man is a skilled social history of twentieth-century Chinese paleoanthropology and a compelling cultural—and at times comparative—history of assumptions and debates about what it means to be human. By focusing on issues that push against the boundaries of science and politics, The People’s Peking Man offers an innovative approach to modern Chinese history and the history of science.
Author | : United States. Office of Space Science and Applications |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Astronautics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : B.F Skinner |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2012-12-18 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1476716153 |
The psychology classic—a detailed study of scientific theories of human nature and the possible ways in which human behavior can be predicted and controlled—from one of the most influential behaviorists of the twentieth century and the author of Walden Two. “This is an important book, exceptionally well written, and logically consistent with the basic premise of the unitary nature of science. Many students of society and culture would take violent issue with most of the things that Skinner has to say, but even those who disagree most will find this a stimulating book.” —Samuel M. Strong, The American Journal of Sociology “This is a remarkable book—remarkable in that it presents a strong, consistent, and all but exhaustive case for a natural science of human behavior…It ought to be…valuable for those whose preferences lie with, as well as those whose preferences stand against, a behavioristic approach to human activity.” —Harry Prosch, Ethics
Author | : Yvonne Howell |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2021-12-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1350232866 |
The idea that morally, mentally, and physically superior 'new men' might replace the currently existing mankind has periodically seized the imagination of intellectuals, leaders, and reformers throughout history. This volume offers a multidisciplinary investigation into how the 'new man' was made in Russia and the early Soviet Union in the first third of the 20th century. The traditional narrative of the Soviet 'new man' as a creature forged by propaganda is challenged by the strikingly new and varied case studies presented here. The book focuses on the interplay between the rapidly developing experimental life sciences, such as biology, medicine, and psychology, and countless cultural products, ranging from film and fiction, dolls and museum exhibits to pedagogical projects, sculptures, and exemplary agricultural fairs. With contributions from scholars based in the United States, Canada, the UK, Germany and Russia, the picture that emerges is emphatically more complex, contradictory, and suggestive of strong parallels with other 'new man' visions in Europe and elsewhere. In contrast to previous interpretations that focused largely on the apparent disconnect between utopian 'new man' rhetoric and the harsh realities of everyday life in the Soviet Union, this volume brings to light the surprising historical trajectories of 'new man' visions, their often obscure origins, acclaimed and forgotten champions, unexpected and complicated results, and mutual interrelations. In short, the volume is a timely examination of a recurring theme in modern history, when dramatic advancements in science and technology conjoin with anxieties about the future to fuel dreams of a new and improved mankind.
Author | : Frederick D. Wilhelmsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Knowledge, Theory of |
ISBN | : |