The myth of culture : why we need a genuine natural science of societies /: why we need a genuine natural science of societies. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Nigel Barber.
• Other Names: Barber, Nigel, 1955-
• Contents: Teapots in heaven, phlogiston on earth -- The emptiness of moral explanations -- Replacing moralism with science -- Stitching up the fabric of evolutionary time -- If culture is a myth, why is religion so dangerous? -- Enemies of evolutionary social science -- Evolutionary science is empirical and practical, not "speculative" and "just so" -- Wounds that time can't heal -- Looking beyond the individual -- What evolutionary theory can and cannot do -- Appendix : Subjective science? Sociology lurches into philosophy.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Pub
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 310 pages)
• Subjects: 306; Social theory; Social evolution; Human evolution; Social Darwinism; Human evolution; Social Darwinism; Social evolution; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Human evolution; Social Darwinism; Social evolution; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443811743; 1443811742
• Related ISBNs: 9781847186195; 184718619X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-304) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.