Evolutionary Biology and Political Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3373082 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger D Masters (Dartmouth Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 195-210 |
| Publication date | 1990-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1963637 |
| OpenAlex | W2320030824 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 35 |
The traditional emphasis on human nature as the foundation of politics needs to be reexamined from the perspective of contemporary biology. Because biological processes operate independently on the individual, the social group, and the species, an evolutionary approach to both observational research and cost-benefit analysis does not entail reductionism. Selfishness and altruism, participation in social groups, languages and cultures, and the rise and fall of centralized states can all be illuminated by empirical evidence and theories in the life sciences. For political philosophy, a new "naturalism" points to a return to the Aristotelian view that values or standards of judgment have rationally intelligible foundations, thereby challenging the relativist or nihilistic orientation that has characterized most contemporary thought
Altruism (biology · Economics · Epistemology · Foundation (evidence · Naturalism · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Reductionism · Relativism · Selfishness · Social science · Sociology · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Genetics of Voting
Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics
The Explanatory Power of the Soul
Female Survival Calculations in Politically Violent Settings
Darwin and the Declaration
From outrage to orthodoxy? Sociobiology and political science at 35
Darwin’s politics of selection
Rethinking stereotype reliance
The Duality of Human Nature
Politics and the life sciences
From Ideological Critique to the Methods and Morals of Science
Differences in Responses of Blacks and Whites to American Leaders
Fatal asymmetries
Evolutionary Thinking Within Political Science
Idealisation, genetic explanations and political behaviours
Individual and Cultural Differences in Response to Leaders' Nonverbal Displays
Genetic Variation in Political Participation
Television News and Candidate Fortunes in Presidential Nomination Campaigns
Natural Right and the Problem of Aristotle's Defense of Slavery
Two Genes Predict Voter Turnout
Genes and Politics
Darwin in India
The New Darwinian Naturalism in Political Theory
Are Political Orientations Genetically Transmitted
Evolution's republic
The Crisis of Liberal Democracy The Roots of Capitalism . By John Chamberlain The Capitalist System . By Richard C. Edwards , Michael Reich , and Thomas E. Weisskopf The Twilight of Capitalism . By Michael Harrington Stress and Contradiction in Modern Capitalism . By Leon N. Lindberg , Robert Alford , Colin Crouch , and Claus Offe Corporations and Political Accountability . By Mark V. Nadel The Limits of Legitimacy
Natural Right and History
Evolutionary biology and human social behavior
Darwinism and human affairs
Genes, Mind, and Culture
The Rise and Decline of Nations
The Crisis of Liberal Democracy
Social Change in Developing Areas
Passions within Reason
The Nature of Politics
Sociobiology and Epistemology
The Biology of Moral Systems
Gender and Political Cognition
Biopolitics and Gender
Sociobiology and Human Politics
The Structure of Emotional Response
The Biological Nature of the State
Nonverbal displays and political leadership in France and the United States
On the Rise and Decline of Nations
Happy Warriors
Is altruism part of human nature
Emotional reactions to a political leader's expressive displays
World Politics as a Primitive Political System
Facial Expressions of Emotion
Genes, Language, and Evolution
Politics as a biological phenomenon
| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,69 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2023 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |