Death, Hope and Sex Steps to an Evolutionary Ecology of Mind and Morality

By: James S Chisholm

296 pages, 8 figs, 2 tabs

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Uses life history theory and attachment theory to construct a model of human nature in which critical features are understood in terms of the development of alternative reproductive strategies contingent on environmental risk and uncertainty.

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Evolution and explanation; 2. Evolution and development; 3. The nature of value; 4. Representing value; 5. Sex and uncertainty; 6. The cost of continuing; References.

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By: James S Chisholm

296 pages, 8 figs, 2 tabs

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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'Chisholm, an expert on child development, an evolutionist, and a humanist, provides a much needed bridge between the disparate and often warring worlds of developmental psychology, cultural studies and evolutionary theory. This beautifully conceived, well-researched and very thoughtful book deserves a broad audience.' Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of The Woman that Never Evolved and Mother Nature

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