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Dead Wild Roses: Anthropological Norms Revisited – The Hunter Gatherer
Some food for thought regarding some of the assumptions of Social Darwinism.
–Maria Mies, Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour (1986)Filed under: Feminism, History Tagged: Anthropolgy, Femin…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Neoliberalism Has Made Us What We Are Today – And That Isn’t Pretty
Neoliberalism is a social, political and economic model best suited to those with psychopathic personality traits. That, in any case, is the conclusion of Paul Verhaeghe, who dissects neoliberalism and what it has done to us in The Guardian.“Thirty years of neoliberalism, free-market forces and privatisation have taken their toll,
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: New studies show generosity and cooperation are both natural and intelligent
A new study shows a mathematical proof that generosity leads to evolutionary success. Biologists offer a mathematically based explanation for why cooperation and generosity have evolved in nature [Credit: Web] “Ever since Darwin,” Plotkin said, “biologists have been puzzled about why there is so much apparent cooperation, and even flat-out generosity
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