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There are three major myths of human nature: humans are divided into biological races; humans are naturally aggressive; men and women are truly different in behavior, desires, and wiring. In an engaging and wide-ranging narrative AgustÃn Fuentes counters these pervasive and pernicious myths about human behavior. Tackling misconceptions about what race, aggression, and sex really [more...]
We are pleased to announce that Episode 17 of the UC Press podcast series is now available. In this episode, Chris Gondek of Heron and Crane Productions interviews Jonathan Marks as he talks about the authority of anthropology in science in his new book, Why I Am Not a Scientist: Anthropology and Modern Knowledge.
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Matt Tomlinson is Lecturer in Anthropology at Monash University in Australia and co-editor of The Limits of Meaning: Case Studies in the Anthropology of Christianity. Tomlinson’s latest book, In God’s Image: The Metaculture of Fijian Christianity was published by UC Press in January 2009. In his blog entry below, he talks about religious politics.
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