Nature And Human Nature
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
What does it truly mean to be human — and how much of our behaviour is written in our biology? Alex Comfort, best known for his later work on human sexuality, here turns his polymathic intellect to a far broader canvas, presenting a rigorous and wide-ranging inquiry into the relationship between the natural world and the social animal we call *Homo sapiens*. Drawing on biology, ethology, and social science, the work argues that a clear-eyed understanding of animal nature — including our own — is not a threat to human dignity, but a precondition for it. Comfort writes with the clarity and conviction of a scientist who refuses to be confined by disciplinary boundaries, weaving together evolutionary theory, psychology, and moral philosophy into a coherent and provocative whole. Published as part of the prestigious Pelican Books imprint, which brought serious ideas to a mass readership throughout the mid-twentieth century, this volume sits firmly in that tradition of accessible yet uncompromising intellectual inquiry. For any reader who has ever wondered where instinct ends and culture begins, Comfort's answer is as unsettling as it is illuminating.
Author: Alex Comfort
Format: Paperback
Genre: Anthropology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
What does it truly mean to be human — and how much of our behaviour is written in our biology? Alex Comfort, best known for his later work on human sexuality, here turns his polymathic intellect to a far broader canvas, presenting a rigorous and wide-ranging inquiry into the relationship between the natural world and the social animal we call *Homo sapiens*. Drawing on biology, ethology, and social science, the work argues that a clear-eyed understanding of animal nature — including our own — is not a threat to human dignity, but a precondition for it. Comfort writes with the clarity and conviction of a scientist who refuses to be confined by disciplinary boundaries, weaving together evolutionary theory, psychology, and moral philosophy into a coherent and provocative whole. Published as part of the prestigious Pelican Books imprint, which brought serious ideas to a mass readership throughout the mid-twentieth century, this volume sits firmly in that tradition of accessible yet uncompromising intellectual inquiry. For any reader who has ever wondered where instinct ends and culture begins, Comfort's answer is as unsettling as it is illuminating.