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Author Hinde, Robert A.

Title Individuals, relationships & culture : links between ethology and the social sciences / Robert A. Hinde
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Description x, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
regular print
Series Themes in the social sciences
Themes in the social sciences.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface; 1. The biological perspective; 2. The relationships perspective; 3. The study of immediate causation - some implications of a relationships approach; 4. Development - organism and environment; 5. Development - the individual and relationships; 6. Universal individual characteristics; 7. Interindividual relationships; 8. The dialectics with higher levels; 9. How far is the concept of adaptedness useful at the higher levels?; Epilogue; Bibliography; Indices
Summary Publisher description: Both biologists and social scientists have much to say about human behaviour. Yet attempts to combine their approaches to provide a deeper understanding of human nature have not so far been generally successful. First published in 1987, this book offered an original way of bridging the gap between them. The key to bringing the two approaches together is, Professor Hinde suggests, to recognise crucial distinctions between levels of social complexity (individuals, interactions, relationships and groups), whilst at the same time bearing in mind that all are processes in dialectical relations with each other and with the socio-cultural structure of institutions, beliefs, values, norms and so on. Professor Hinde argues that principles derived from ethology are essential for understanding some aspects of behaviour at the lower levels of social complexity, but have severe limitations at higher ones. This innovative approach will interest research workers, lecturers and students of psychology, biology, anthropology and sociology, as well as other readers seeking a comprehensive understanding of the nature of human social behaviour
Analysis Man Social behaviour Sociobiological aspects
Notes Includes indexes
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 175-197
Includes index
Subject Human behavior.
Human biology -- Social aspects.
Human biology.
Social interaction.
Social structure.
Sociobiology.
Ethology.
Interpersonal Relations.
Social Behavior.
LC no. 87005220
ISBN 0521343593
0521348447 (paperback)
Other Titles Individuals, relationships, and culture
Ethology and the social sciences
Individuals, relationships, and culture