Feminism and Evolutionary Biology - Boundaries, intersections and frontiers

Feminism and Evolutionary Biology - Boundaries, intersections and frontiers

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Standing at the intersection of evolutionary biology and feminist theory is a large audience interested in the questions one field raises for the other. Have evolutionary biologists worked largely or strictly within a masculine paradigm, seeing males as evolving and females as merely reacting passively or carried along with the tide? Would our view of nature `red in tooth in claw' be different if women had played a larger role in the creation of evolutionary theory and through education in its transmission to younger generations? Is there any such thing as a feminist science or feminist methodology? For feminists, does any kind of biological determinism undermine their contention that gender roles purely constructed, not inherent in the human species? Does the study of animals have anything to say to those preoccupied with the evolution and behavior of humans? All these questions and many more are addressed by this book, whose contributing authors include leading scholars in both feminism and evolutionary biology. Bound to be controversial, this book is addressed to evolutionary biologists and to feminists and to the large number of people interested in women's studies.

Feminism and Evolutionary Biology - Boundaries, intersections and frontiers,Patricia Gowaty,Springer,0412073617,Feminism,Feminism & Feminist Theory,Feminist theory,Human biology,Human evolution,Life Sciences - Evolution,Science,Social Science,Sociobiology,Sociology,Evolution,Science / Biology

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