{"product_id":"god-or-beast-evolution-and-human-nature-9780393337488","title":"God or Beast: Evolution and Human Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book the author assails the pop evolutionists--writers who, in an outpouring of nonsense on human evolution, have portrayed man as a brute or worse. Notable targets include Robert Ardrey (\u003cem\u003eAfrican Genesis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Territorial Imperative\u003c\/em\u003e), Lionel Tiger and Robin Fox (\u003cem\u003eThe Imperial Animal\u003c\/em\u003e), Desmond Morris (\u003cem\u003eThe Naked Ape\u003c\/em\u003e), Elaine Morgan (\u003cem\u003eThe Descent of Woman\u003c\/em\u003e), and B. F. Skinner (\u003cem\u003eBeyond Freedom and Dignity\u003c\/em\u003e). These writers, says Claiborne, have caricatured human nature by citing facts that are not evidence and evidence that is not fact, and in so doing have obscured--consciously or otherwise--the real social forces that beget present-day violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking his title from Pope's \u003cem\u003eEssay on Man\u003c\/em\u003e (He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest\/In doubt to deem himself a god or beast), Claiborne contends that man is in fact neither god not beast; he is both--and, above all, human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Claiborne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393337488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaiborne, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The late \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Claiborne\u003c\/strong\u003e was a longtime editor and writer and the author of a number of books on words and language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40042175758451,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a07cc576-ae65-4ecf-8da2-e1fd3c7607da.jpg?v=1651015072","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/god-or-beast-evolution-and-human-nature-9780393337488","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}