Modernity and Cultural Decline A Biobehavioral Perspective /

• Main Authors: Sarraf, Matthew Alexandar (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Woodley of Menie, Michael Anthony (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Feltham, Colin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Biological psychology.; Psychology, Pathological.; Human genetics.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Biological Psychology.; Psychopathology.; Human Genetics.; Social Theory.

"Modernity and Cultural Decline is a breathtaking scientific analysis of the rise-and now the decline-of Western civilization. We should be interested-and forewarned." -Seymour Itzkoff, Professor Emeritus of Education, Smith College, USA "The book puts human nature, genes and evoluti...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Defending Biobehavioral Science
• 3. Medieval and Modern Worlds
• 4. Discontent with Modernity
• 5. Enlightenment Never
• 6. Making the Case for Mutation Accumulation
• 7. The Social Epistasis Amplification Model: A Diachronic Test and Expansion of Theoretical Foundations
• 8. Biocosmic Pessimism.