Modernity and Cultural Decline | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9783030329860 | Modernity and Cultural Decline | A Biobehavioral Perspective | Buch

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Beschreibung

This book argues that despite the many real advantages that industrial modernity has yielded¿including large gains in wealth, longevity, and (possibly) happiness¿it has occurred together with the appearance of a variety of serious problems. Chief among these are probable losses in subjective existential purpose and increases in psychopathology. A highly original theory of the ultimate basis of these trends is advanced, which unites prior work in psychometrics and evolutionary science. This theory builds on the social epistasis amplification model to argue that genetic and epigenetic changes in modernizing and modernized populations, stemming from shifts in selective pressures related to industrialization, have lowered human fitness and wellness.

Über den Autor

Matthew Alexandar Sarraf is a researcher in the areas of psychometrics, evolutionary psychology, and behavior genetics.

Michael Anthony Woodley of Menie, Yr., is a geneticist and ecologist. He is a Lifetime Fellow at the Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

Colin Feltham is Emeritus Professor of Critical Counselling Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Zusammenfassung

Advances highly original theory of the ultimate basis of negative trends associated with modernity

Unites prior work in psychometrics, evolutionary psychology, and evolutionary biology

Critically assesses various competing explanations and perspectives

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Defending Biobehavioral Science.- 3. Medieval and Modern Worlds.- 4. Discontent with Modernity.- 5. Enlightenment Never.- 6. Making the Case for Mutation Accumulation.- 7. The Social Epistasis Amplification Model: A Diachronic Test and Expansion of Theoretical Foundations.- 8. Biocosmic Pessimism.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Kunst , Musik , Psychologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xi 307 S. 5 s/w Illustr. 307 p. 5 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783030329860
ISBN-10:	3030329860
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Sarraf, Matthew Alexandar Feltham, Colin Woodley of Menie, Michael Anthony
Auflage:	1st edition 2019
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	210 x 148 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Matthew Alexandar Sarraf (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.12.2020
Gewicht:	0,416 kg

Artikel-ID: 119379616