The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals About the Future of Individual Freedom 0374252815, 9780374252816

A revealing look at the role kin-based societies have played throughout history and around the world A lively, wide-ran

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This is a penetrating reinterpretation and defense of Hegel's social theory as an alternative to reigning liberal n

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For a century, social scientists have avoided genetics like the plague. But the nature-nurture wars are over. In the pas

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Two Harvard professors explain the dangerous world we face today Democracies can die with a coup d'état - or they

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The true role of biology in determining sexual orientation is an oft-debated issue in both the popular media and scienti

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Social work is under unprecedented pressure as a result of funding cuts, political interventions, marketisation and welf

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A USA Today Bestseller High-performance psychologist Michael Gervais presents a groundbreaking guide for overcoming wha

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Covering the Hellenistic and Imperial periods in both pagan polytheistic as well as Jewish monotheistic settings, this e

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