Nature And Human Nature
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to be human in a world governed by the same biological forces that shape every living creature? In Nature and Human Nature, Alex Comfort — best known for his scientific humanism and wide-ranging intellect — presents a rigorous and thought-provoking examination of the relationship between biological nature and human behaviour, arguing that a proper understanding of our animal origins is essential to any honest reckoning with society, morality, and freedom. Comfort writes with the authority of a scientist and the passion of a humanist, drawing on biology, anthropology, and social philosophy to illustrate how deeply our instincts, drives, and social structures are rooted in the natural world. Rather than treating humanity as a special case exempt from natural law, he insists on confronting the continuities between human and non-human life — a perspective that challenges comfortable assumptions about civilisation, aggression, and human potential. For readers willing to question what they think they know about themselves, this work remains as provocative and illuminating as ever.
Author: Alex Comfort
Format: Paperback
Genre: Anthropology
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to be human in a world governed by the same biological forces that shape every living creature? In Nature and Human Nature, Alex Comfort — best known for his scientific humanism and wide-ranging intellect — presents a rigorous and thought-provoking examination of the relationship between biological nature and human behaviour, arguing that a proper understanding of our animal origins is essential to any honest reckoning with society, morality, and freedom. Comfort writes with the authority of a scientist and the passion of a humanist, drawing on biology, anthropology, and social philosophy to illustrate how deeply our instincts, drives, and social structures are rooted in the natural world. Rather than treating humanity as a special case exempt from natural law, he insists on confronting the continuities between human and non-human life — a perspective that challenges comfortable assumptions about civilisation, aggression, and human potential. For readers willing to question what they think they know about themselves, this work remains as provocative and illuminating as ever.