Allan Mazur

Biosociology of Dominance and Deference (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Biology-perhaps the most exciting science of the last half-century-is reaching into scholarly disciplines throughout academia, yet sociology has barely entertained it. The reasons for hesitation are clear enough. Sociobiology and ethology have been unappealing to sociologists because they explain human behavior the same way they explain the behavior of social insects, fish, and birds; often evoking images of sexism and Social Darwinism, both anathemas to modern sociologists. Nonetheless, sociologists do show growing interest in biology and what it can contribute to their discipline. In this short, engaging volume Allan Mazur develops new and sociologically sophisticated concepts to bring these fields together. His book is about the social biology of face-to-face dominance interactions and it explores the evolution of behavior through connections among biology, language, culture, and socialization. Topics include comparative primate behavior, physiological and brain mechanisms underlying status processes, and the relevance of the body surface (face, physique, gestures) to status allocation. The book is meant to be a self-contained exploration-sociologists would require no prior knowledge of biology; biologists would require no prior knowledge of sociology-and a fun, informative supplement for courses throughout sociology and the social sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216279785
• Artikelnr.: 74832059

Autorenporträt

Allan Mazur is a sociologist and an engineer, and has been professor of public affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University since 1979.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Fish...
Chapter 2 ...and People
Chapter 3 Evolution
Chapter 4 Soft Parts and Behavior
Chapter 5 Primates
Chapter 6 Signs of Status
Chapter 7 Testosterone and Cortisol
Chapter 8 Allocating Status
Chapter 9 Conversation
Chapter 10 Violence
Chapter 11 Take a Chimp, Add Language, Melt the Glaciers...