{"product_id":"god-or-beast-evolution-and-human-nature-paperback","title":"God or Beast: Evolution and Human Nature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Claiborne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRene Dubos\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book the author assails the \"pop evolutionists\"--writers who, in an \"outpouring of nonsense\" on human evolution, have portrayed man as a brute or worse. Notable targets include Robert Ardrey (\u003cem\u003eAfrican Genesis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Territorial Imperative\u003c\/em\u003e), Lionel Tiger and Robin Fox (\u003cem\u003eThe Imperial Animal\u003c\/em\u003e), Desmond Morris (\u003cem\u003eThe Naked Ape\u003c\/em\u003e), Elaine Morgan (\u003cem\u003eThe Descent of Woman\u003c\/em\u003e), and B. F. Skinner (\u003cem\u003eBeyond Freedom and Dignity\u003c\/em\u003e). These writers, says Claiborne, have caricatured human nature by citing \"facts that are not evidence and evidence that is not fact,\" and in so doing have obscured--consciously or otherwise--the real social forces that beget present-day violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking his title from Pope's \u003cem\u003eEssay on Man\u003c\/em\u003e (\"He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest\/In doubt to deem himself a god or beast\"), Claiborne contends that man is in fact \"neither god not beast; he is both\"--and, above all, human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412145619193,"sku":"9780393337488","price":27.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/21R6Idl5Q_9780393337488.webp?v=1770836970","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/god-or-beast-evolution-and-human-nature-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}