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Killer apes, naked apes, & just plain nasty people : the misuse and abuse of science in politics /

In Killer Apes, Naked Apes, and Just Plain Nasty People, anthropologist Richard J. Perry delivers a scathing critique of determinism. Exploring the historical context and enduring popularity of the movement over the past century and a half, he debunks the facile and the reductionist thinking of so m...

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Main Author:	Perry, Richard John, 1942- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Sociobiology. Anthropology > Philosophy. Political anthropology. Science > Philosophy. Science and civilization.

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