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The blank slate : The modern denial of human nature

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Publication details: London Viking 2002Description: 509p xiiiISBN:
  • 9780713992564
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.200000 PIN
Contents:
Table of contents Part 1 The blank slate, the noble savage and the ghost in the machine: the official theory; silly putty; the last wall to fall; culture vultures; the slate's last stand; Part II Fear and loathing: political scientists; the holy trinity; Part III Human nature with a human face: the fear of inequality; the fear of imperfectibility; the fear of determinism; the fear of nihilism; Part IV Know thyself: in touch with reality; out of our depths; the many roots of our suffering; the sanctimonious animal; Part V Hot buttons: politics; violence; gender; children; the arts; Part VI The voice of the species; Appendix: Donald E. Brown's list of human universals.
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Table of contents
Part 1 The blank slate, the noble savage and the ghost in the machine: the official theory;
silly putty;
the last wall to fall; culture vultures; the slate's last stand;
Part II Fear and loathing: political scientists;
the holy trinity;
Part III Human nature with a human face: the fear of inequality;
the fear of imperfectibility;
the fear of determinism; the fear of nihilism;
Part IV Know thyself: in touch with reality;
out of our depths;
the many roots of our suffering;
the sanctimonious animal;
Part V Hot buttons: politics;
violence;
gender;
children;
the arts;
Part VI The voice of the species;
Appendix: Donald E. Brown's list of human universals.