On Human Nature
 Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | E. O. Wilson |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Human nature |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Publication date | 1978 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-674-01638-6 |
| OCLC | 55534964 |
| 304.5 22 | |
| LC Class | GN365.9 .W54 2004 |
On Human Nature is a 1978 book by Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson, in which he tries to explain how different characteristics of humans and society can be explained from the point of view of evolution. Wilson explains how evolution has left its traces on the characteristics which are the specialty of human species like generosity, self-sacrifice, worship and the use of sex for pleasure. He attempts to complete the Darwinian revolution by bringing biological thought into social sciences and humanities.
Reception
On Human Nature won a 1979 Pulitzer Prize.[1]
John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin write that On Human Nature is an "accessible account of the application of sociobiology to people."[2]
David P. Barash and Ilona A. Barash write that On Human Nature is, "A wide-ranging, thoughtful, and controversial classic of human sociobiology, written by the renowned biologist who first brought the discipline into the popular and scientific limelight."[3]
References
- ↑ http://entertainment.time.com/2011/08/30/all-time-100-best-nonfiction-books/slide/on-human-nature-by-edward-o-wilson/
- ↑ Gribbin, Mary; Gribbin, John (1993). Being Human: Putting People in an Evolutionary Perspective. London: J. M. Dent. p. 286. ISBN 0-460-86164-6.
- ↑ Barash, David P.; Barash, Ilona A. (2001). The Mammal in the Mirror: Understanding Our Place in the Natural World. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. p. 362. ISBN 0-7167-4166-0.
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