Non-Fiction Books:

Modernity and Cultural Decline

A Biobehavioral Perspective
Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!
$264.00
Available from supplier

The item is brand new and in-stock with one of our preferred suppliers. The item will ship from a Mighty Ape warehouse within the timeframe shown.

Usually ships in 2-3 weeks
Free Delivery with Primate
Join Now

Free 14 day free trial, cancel anytime.

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

4 payments of $66.00 with Afterpay Learn more

6 weekly interest-free payments of $44.00 with Laybuy Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

  • Around 8-20 May using International Courier

Description

This book argues that despite the many real advantages that industrial modernity has yielded—including large gains in wealth, longevity, and (possibly) happiness—it has occurred together with the appearance of a variety of serious problems. Chief among these are probable losses in subjective existential purpose and increases in psychopathology. A highly original theory of the ultimate basis of these trends is advanced, which unites prior work in psychometrics and evolutionary science. This theory builds on the social epistasis amplification model to argue that genetic and epigenetic changes in modernizing and modernized populations, stemming from shifts in selective pressures related to industrialization, have lowered human fitness and wellness. 

Author Biography:

Matthew Alexandar Sarraf is a researcher in the areas of psychometrics, evolutionary psychology, and behavior genetics. Michael Anthony Woodley of Menie, Yr., is a geneticist and ecologist. He is a Lifetime Fellow at the Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Colin Feltham is Emeritus Professor of Critical Counselling Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. 
Release date NZ
December 17th, 2019
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Edition
1st ed. 2019
Illustrations
5 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 307 p. 5 illus.
Pages
307
ISBN-13
9783030329839
Product ID
31575251

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Help & options

Filed under...