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Publisher
New Left Review
Place of Publication
London
Date of Publication
November/December 2011 #72
Number of Pages
30
Classification
III World capitalism, capitalist society and the left movements; socialist movements in general | J Workers´ movement, left movement, socialist movement | A Collected works
Notes
Vast claims have been made for the application of Darwinian concepts - purged of biological determinism - to the study of societies. Kenta Tsuba offers a penetrating and original critique of selection theory, finding a paradigm with limited explanatory value and shaky conceptual foundations.
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Identifier
NLR72
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