Böcker av Adam Kuper

Adam Kuper reframes debates about human origin and reconsiders the fundamental questions of anthropology. Balancing biological and cultural perspectives, Kuper reviews our various beliefs, the history of human culture, genes and intelligence, the nature of the gender differences, and the foundations of human politics.

Like many gentlemen of his time, Darwin married his first cousin. In fact, marriages between close relatives were commonplace in 19th-century England, and Kuper argues that they played a crucial role in the rise of the bourgeoisie. This study brings out the connection between private lives, public fortunes, and the history of imperial Britain.

Providing a global understanding of all the key issues within the social sciences, this encyclopedia covers: developments in traditional fields since the first edition; new areas of study such as environmental economics; cross-disciplinary pursuits such as women's studies and cultural studies; and theoretical movements such as post-modernism.

Culture clarifies a crucial chapter in recent intellectual history. Adam Kuper makes the case against cultural determinism and argues that political and economic forces, social institutions, and biological processes must take their place in any complete explanation of why people think and behave as they do.