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Title: Behavioral Genetics: The Clash of Culture and Biology by Ronald A. Carson, Mark A. Rothstein ISBN: 0-8018-6069-5 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Pub. Date: 15 June, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Clash: Biology Calling
Comment: This book provides a very useful introduction to key debates in and about behavioral genetics. A nice range of topics and perspectives is provided, many by leaders in the fields of biology, psychology, sociology, ethics, etc. Several articles (such as those by tobin, duster, and carson) are extremely insightful and informative, and purchase of the book is worthwhile for the articles alone.
(If only it were in paperback!)
But, like many edited volumes that cover "hot" topics, this book suffers from a lack of coherence. As noted by the professional reviewer, one must wonder to what "clash" the editors refer - even when contained in the same volume, authors of different perspectives seem to talk past each other rather than "clash," and the editors don't really put the debates in a perspective that illuminates the perceived relationship between the two constructs of biology and culture. Indeed, the book jacket reveals the focus to be quite different than advertised: "Throughout, [the authors] focus on two basic concerns: the quality of the science behind behavioral genetic claims and the need to formulate an appropriate, ethically defensible response when the science turns out to be good." While this is certainly a worthwhile topic, it is not nearly as intellectually challenging or interesting as the title promises. Nevertheless, some selections deliver.
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Title: Behavioral Genetics in the Postgenomic Era by Robert Plomin, John C. Defries, Ian W. Craig, Peter McGuffin ISBN: 1557989265 Publisher: Apa Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Are We Hardwired?: The Role of Genes in Human Behavior by William R. Clark, Michael Grunstein ISBN: 0195138260 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Nature and Nurture: An Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics by Robert Plomin ISBN: 0534107680 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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Title: The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind by Elkhonon Goldberg ISBN: 0195156307 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: A Brief History of the Human Race by Michael Cook ISBN: 0393052311 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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