Description
White moves from a simple proposition maintaining that all individuals seek suitable surroundings to propose a provocative approach to social and political action. Rooting his position in modern life sciences and particularly in sociobiology and neurobiology, he establishes an IMPish model that is interactional, mentalist, and populational. Interactional in that both heredity and environment are credited for due influence on individuals' traits; mentalist in that individuals' actions can be purposeful rather than simply determined; and populational in his insistence that the unique persona must not be slighted in the rush to fashion statistics.
Applying his behavioral principles most notably relevant to self-selection and using examples derived from modern political action, White examines the importance of these fundamental orientations in the social and political orders. The work has implications for policy assessment and re-formulation. It constitutes a challenge to much of the widely accepted contemporary political theory and public policy approaches.
Table of Contents
Brains, Bonds, and Politics
Brains, Bonds, and Bureaucracy
Shadow Networks and Self-Selection
The Neuropolitics of Local-Cosmopolitan Self-Selection
Locals, Cosmopolitans, and Politics
The Neuropolitics of the Constitution
The Neuropolitics of Alienation
Gene-Environment Interaction
Self-Selection and Sexual Politics
References
Index
Product details
| Published | 21 Jun 1993 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 208 |
| ISBN | 9780313020599 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Series | Human Evolution, Behavior, and Intelligence |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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