Modernity and Cultural Decline
A Biobehavioral Perspective
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book argues that despite the many real advantages that industrial modernity has yielded-including large gains in wealth, longevity, and (possibly) happiness-it has occurred together with the appearance of a variety of serious problems. Chief among...
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This book argues that despite the many real advantages that industrial modernity has yielded-including large gains in wealth, longevity, and (possibly) happiness-it has occurred together with the appearance of a variety of serious problems. Chief among these are probable losses in subjective existential purpose and increases in psychopathology. A highly original theory of the ultimate basis of these trends is advanced, which unites prior work in psychometrics and evolutionary science. This theory builds on the social epistasis amplification model to argue that genetic and epigenetic changes in modernizing and modernized populations, stemming from shifts in selective pressures related to industrialization, have lowered human fitness and wellness. Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Modernity and Cultural Decline “
1. Introduction2. Defending Biobehavioral Science3. Medieval and Modern Worlds4. Discontent with Modernity5. Enlightenment Never6. Making the Case for Mutation Accumulation7. The Social Epistasis Amplification Model: A Diachronic Test and Expansion of Theoretical Foundations8. Biocosmic PessimismAutoren-Porträt von Matthew Alexandar Sarraf, Michael Anthony Woodley of Menie, Colin Feltham
Matthew Alexandar Sarraf is a researcher in the areas of psychometrics, evolutionary psychology, and behavior genetics. Michael Anthony Woodley of Menie, Yr., is a geneticist and ecologist. He is a Lifetime Fellow at the Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Colin Feltham is Emeritus Professor of Critical Counselling Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
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- Autoren: Matthew Alexandar Sarraf , Michael Anthony Woodley of Menie , Colin Feltham
- 2019, 1st ed. 2019, XI, 307 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 21,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030329836
- ISBN-13: 9783030329839
Sprache:
Englisch
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