Genes, Brains, and Politics: Self-Selection and Social LifeBloomsbury Academic, 21 juni 1993 - 208 sidor White moves from a simple proposition maintaining that all individuals seek suitable surroundings to propose a provocative approach to social and political action. Rooting his position in modern life sciences and particularly in sociobiology and neurobiology, he establishes an IMPish model that is interactional, mentalist, and populational. Interactional in that both heredity and environment are credited for due influence on individuals' traits; mentalist in that individuals' actions can be purposeful rather than simply determined; and populational in his insistence that the unique persona must not be slighted in the rush to fashion statistics. |
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... space , the capacities involved in a person's horizon are those which Gardner ( 1983 , p . 173 ) views as central to spatial intelligence : " the capacities to perceive the visual ... space - time horizon of 72 Genes , Brains , and Politics.
... space - time horizon is clearly suggested by prefrontal lobotomies and by other instances of brain damage . The frontal lobes , Cottle and Klineberg ( 1974 , p . 15 ) write , are implicated in the ability " to maintain response set over ...
... time horizon should be kept in mind . One caveat must be stressed . We are discussing underlying capacities in these space - time continua , not necessarily accomplished realities . Thus , Banfield's typo- logical identification of his time ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Public Administration | 19 |
The Neuropolitics of LocalCosmopolitan SelfSelection | 69 |
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Genes, Brains, and Politics: Self-Selection and Social Life Elliott White Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 1993 |
Genes, Brains, and Politics: Self-Selection and Social Life, Volym 10 Elliott White Ingen förhandsgranskning - 1993 |
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