| Darwinian Fairytales: Selfish Genes, Errors of Heredity and Other Fables of Evolution Contributor(s): Stove, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594032009 ISBN-13: 9781594032004 Publisher: Encounter Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: What is culture? Why should we preserve it, and how? In this book renowned philosopher Roger Scruton defends Western culture against its internal critics and external enemies, and argues that rumours of its death are seriously exaggerated. He shows our culture to be a continuing source of moral knowledge, and rebuts the fashionable sarcasm which sees it as nothing more than the useless legacy of 'dead white European males'. He is robust in defence of traditional architecture and figurative painting, critical of the fashionable relativists and urgent in his plea for our civilization, which more than ever stands in need of the self-knowledge and self-confidence that are the gift of serious culture. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 303.4 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 345 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Whatever your opinion of Intelligent Design, you ll find Stove s criticism of what he calls Darwinism difficult to stop reading. Stove s blistering attack on Richard Dawkins selfish genes and memes is unparalleled and unrelenting. A discussion of spiders who mimic bird droppings is alone worth the price of the book. Darwinian Fairytales should be read and pondered by anyone interested in sociobiology, the origin of altruism, and the awesome process of evolution. --Martin Gardner, author of Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience" |
