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Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology and Human Nature (Penguin Press Science) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Steven Rose, Richard C. Lewontin, Leon J. Kamin
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 174910
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
ISBN: 0140135251
EAN: 9780140135251
ASIN: 0140135251
Publication Date: November 22, 1990
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 Flawed logic hides some important points? April 22, 2008
Genetical theorist (England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can do no better than Richard Dawkins's review of this book which appeared in New Scientist, in which vociferously attacks Lewontin et al's thesis, highlighting particular misunderstandings that they make (this is available on Dawkins's website). Lewontin, who is a great population geneticist should at least know better, though he does have somewhat of a reputation for this kind of doublethink.
A critique of sociobiology and adaptationism is however needed, but this is not it. Unfortunately any complex deep subtle insights that need to be made are obscured by some of the massive brainfarts that also come out of this book. It is perhaps most useful to a sociologist of science who wants to understand how the authors' Marxist principles affect their views, which after the end of the Cold War seems rather quaint.
 An important book which debunks the propaganda around DNA. March 14, 1999
7 out of 16 found this review helpful
Many things are claimed about DNA, and genetic explanations have been used to account for a range of social and psychological phenomena. This book critically assesses the validity of such explanations, with an emphasis on the intentions of those who support such explanations. The book argues cogently that such reductionist accounts are inadequate to describe the complexities of human nature and behaviour.
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