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020			_a9780190603250 (paperback)
020			_a0190603259 (paperback)
020			_a9780190603243 (hardcover)
020			_a0190603240 (hardcover)
020			_z9780190603267 (updf)
035			_a(OCoLC)946461111
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100	1		_aHorwitz, Allan V., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWhat's normal? : _breconciling biology and culture / _cAllan V. Horwitz.
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c[2016]
300			_ax, 273 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-257) and index.
520			_a" Since the emergence of Western philosophy and science among the classical Greeks, debates have raged over the relative significance of biology and culture on an individual's behavior. Today, recent advances in genetics and biological science have pushed most scholars past the tired nature vs. nurture debate to examine the ways in which the natural and the social interact to influence human behavior. In What's Normal?, Allan Horwitz brings a fresh approach to this emerging perspective. Rather than try to solve these issues universally, Horwitz demonstrates that both social and biological mechanisms have varying degrees of influence in different situations. Through case studies of human universals such as incest aversion, fear, appetite, grief, and sex, Horwitz first discusses the extreme instances where biology determines behavior, where culture dominates, and where culture overrides basic biological instincts. He then details the variety of ways in which genes and environments interact; for instance, the primal drive to eat and store calories when food supplies were scarce and behavioral patterns in a society where food is abundant and obesity stigmatized. Now that it's often easier to change our biology rather than our culture, an understanding of which behaviors and traits are simply normal or abnormal, and which are pathological or necesitate treatment is more important than ever. Wide-ranging and accessible, What's Normal? provides a crucial guide to the biological and social bases of human behavior at the heart of these matters. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"An examination of the roles that biological and social forces play in determining human behavior"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aHerodotus and Darwin -- Incest aversion -- First names -- Cowardice and courage -- Obesity -- Fear -- Grief -- Sexual behavior -- Defects and differences.
650		0	_aHuman behavior.
650		0	_aHuman biology _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aCognitive psychology.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aCognitive psychology. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00866541
650		7	_aHuman behavior. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00962811
650		7	_aHuman biology _xSocial aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00962871
650		7	_aBiologie _2gnd
650		7	_aKultur _2gnd
650		7	_aVerhalten _2gnd
650		7	_aVerhaltensdetermination _2gnd
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