On Primitive Society : And Other Forbidden Topics
, by Hallpike, C. R.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781456783785 | 1456783785
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/12/2011
Political correctness has reduced social anthropology to a state of terminal incoherence, and this collection of papers demolishes some of the fashionable taboos that are involved. The ultra-Darwinism of some sociobiologists has also degenerated into a cult which, like political correctness, is increasingly resistant to rational debate. As well as including some well-known classics, some new papers have been specially written for this collection showing the irrelevance of Darwinism to the social sciences.