Overview

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.

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Author:   Frank Salter
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.080kg
ISBN:  

9781412805964

ISBN 10:   1412805961
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   30 November 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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[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 AEkin selection by making ethnies in control of territory the central arena of AEselfish 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 AEuniversal nationalism as part of a balanced AEfitness 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. --IrenOus 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 Salters virtuoso synthesis we can no longer duck these issues which become more important daily. --Robin Fox, Rutgers University

[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 aekin selection by making ethnies in control of territory the central arena of aeselfish 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 aeuniversal nationalism as part of a balanced aefitness 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. --Irenous 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 Salters virtuoso synthesis we can no longer duck these issues which become more important daily. --Robin Fox, Rutgers University

-[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 AEkin selection by making ethnies in control of territory the central arena of AEselfish 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 AEuniversal nationalism as part of a balanced AEfitness 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.---IrenOus 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 Salters virtuoso synthesis we can no longer duck these issues which become more important daily.---Robin Fox, Rutgers University [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 AEkin selection by making ethnies in control of territory the central arena of AEselfish 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 AEuniversal nationalism as part of a balanced AEfitness 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. --IrenOus 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 Salters virtuoso synthesis we can no longer duck these issues which become more important daily. --Robin Fox, Rutgers University [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 AEkin selection by making ethnies in control of territory the central arena of AEselfish 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 AEuniversal nationalism as part of a balanced AEfitness 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. --IrenOus 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 Salters virtuoso synthesis we can no longer duck these issues which become more important daily. --Robin Fox, Rutgers University

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Frank Salter is an Australian political scientist who has been a researcher with the Max Planck Society, Andechs, Germany, since 1991.

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