On Genetic Interests: Family, Ethnicity, And Humanity in an Age of Mass MigrationTransaction Publishers, 01.10.2006 - 388 Seiten From an evolutionary perspective, individuals have a vi-tal interest in the reproduction of their genes. Yet this interest is overlooked by social and political theory at a time when we need to steer an adaptive course through the unnatural modern world of uneven population growth and decline, global mobility, and loss of family and communal ties. In modern Darwinian theory, bearing children is only one way to reproduce. Since we share genes with our families, ethnic groups, and the species as a whole, ethnocentrism and humanism can be adaptive. They can also be hazardous when taken to extremes. On Genetic Interests canvasses strategies and ethics for conserving our genetic interests in an environmentally sustainable manner sensitive to the interests of others. "[This] is a fresh and deep contribution to the sociobiology of humans, combining genetics with social science in original ways."--Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University "The book greatly expands Hamiltonian kin selection' by making ethnies in control of territory the central arena of selfish genery' in a modern world of mass migration."--Pierre van den Berghe, University of Washington, Seattle "Salter argues that all humans have a vital interest in genetic continuity that is threatened by mass migration. Salter advocates non-aggressive universal nationalism' as part of a balanced fitness portfolio' that includes investments in three levels of genetic interests--family, ethny, and the species as a whole. The synthesis is persuasive; the policy formulations provocative."--Irenus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Max Planck Society "Five stars for Salter--he has provided us with a deep and compelling explanation of what most people know and what guides much of their behavior, but fear to acknowledge publicly."--Michael T. McGuire, UCLA "We are indeed all part of each other, as John Donne insisted even before the help of evolutionary genetics. But we are more part of some than others, and the nature of these boundaries of ethnic kinship has been ignored, avoided or denied. After Salter's virtuoso synthesis we can no longer duck these issues which become more important daily."--Robin Fox, Rutgers University |
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... fitness conservers — such as those who are not interested in sex or nurturing kin or ethny . One need only ... inclusive fitness still applies whether genetic interests consist of unique genes or gene frequen- cies . If any branch of ...
... inclusive fitness ' , was introduced by the ethologist William D. Hamilton in a famous 1964 paper . Ham- ilton showed that an individual's genetic interests are advanced not only through personal reproduction , but by aiding the ...
... fitness is correctly defined in Hamilton's way as " inclusive fitness " it ceases to matter whether we speak of individuals maximising their inclusive fitness or of genes maximising their survival . The two formulations are mutually ...
... inclusive fitness theory or before it had been incor- porated into mainstream theory . Furthermore , most of these authors were zoologists rather than sociologists and political theorists , and thus distant from the social sciences in ...
... inclusive fitness theory , proximate and ultimate causation , and naturalistic observation.33 The subdisci- pline has already made strides integrating evolutionary biology into our under- standing of government . A similar process has ...
Inhalt
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Can ethnic altruism be adaptive? Hamiltons rule free riders and | 117 |
optimal | 135 |
Fitness portfolios for individuals who are intermarried of mixed | 257 |
On the ethics of defending genetic interests | 283 |
Afterword | 325 |
References | 349 |
Index | 377 |
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