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Beast or Angel?: Choosing to be Human, , Dubos, Rene, Excellent, 2010-08-15,
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Brand New! Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Never opened! No signs of wear.”
- Book Title
- Beast or Angel?: Choosing to be Human
- ISBN
- 9781412811248
- EAN
- 9781412811248
- Subject Area
- Social Science, Science
- Publication Name
- Beast or Angel? : Choosing to Be Human
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Sociology / General, Life Sciences / Evolution, Anthropology / General
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
1412811244
ISBN-13
9781412811248
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92299616
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Publication Name
Beast or Angel? : Choosing to Be Human
Language
English
Subject
Sociology / General, Life Sciences / Evolution, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2010-026915
Reviews
"Reading Beast or Angel? is a pleasant, comfortable experience... useful as an antidote to the pessimism engendered by reading the morning paper." --Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists "[T]he book under review is a pleasure to read." --Theodosius Dobzhansky, The Quarterly Review of Biology
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
303.4
Synopsis
The world of things is different now from what it was half a century ago, but Rene Dubos doubts that there have been basic changes in life itself, in those attitudes and activities, needs, and yearning, that are the most important for happiness and suffering, for hope and despair--the differences between humanity and animality. Sophisticated and civilized as we may be, we have retained from our distant ancestors the ability to derive profound satisfaction from the small happenings of daily life. Beast or Angel? attempts to trace the origins of needs and yearnings that have always been those of humankind everywhere and always. In this search, Dubos expresses the same concerns and uses the same words when speaking of the past, the present, or the future--the reason being that the biological and psychological characteristics of humankind have remained essentially the same for at least fifty millennia. We are human to the extent that we live according to certain principles which have a human quality. This quality has emerged and continues to emerge from the choices that we make throughout our individual lives and that humankind has made from the beginning of its existence. To be human is to be able and willing to choose among the options that are offered to the human species by the natural order of things. This book examines human species, not only on the basis of the biological and psychological attributes it shares with animal species, but more by identifying its choices throughout pre-history and history., Traces the origins of needs and yearnings always seem to have existed for humankind. In this search René Dubos expresses the same concerns and uses the same words when speaking of the past, the present, or the future, arguing that the biological and psychological characteristics of humankind have remained essentially the same for at least fifty millennia.
LC Classification Number
GN281
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