Individuals, Relationships and Culture : Links between Ethology and the Social Sciences Paperback / softback
by Robert A. Hinde
Part of the Themes in the Social Sciences series
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Both biologists and social scientists have much to say about human behaviour.
Yet attempts to combine their approaches to provide a deeper understanding of human nature have not so far been generally successful.
First published in 1987, this book offered an original way of bridging the gap between them.
The key to bringing the two approaches together is, Professor Hinde suggests, to recognise crucial distinctions between levels of social complexity (individuals, interactions, relationships and groups), whilst at the same time bearing in mind that all are processes in dialectical relations with each other and with the socio-cultural structure of institutions, beliefs, values, norms and so on.
Professor Hinde argues that principles derived from ethology are essential for understanding some aspects of behaviour at the lower levels of social complexity, but have severe limitations at higher ones.
This innovative approach will interest research workers, lecturers and students of psychology, biology, anthropology and sociology, as well as other readers seeking a comprehensive understanding of the nature of human social behaviour.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:220 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:05/11/1987
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- ISBN:9780521348447
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:220 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:05/11/1987
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- ISBN:9780521348447