{"product_id":"biology-under-the-influence-dialectical-essays-on-ecology-agriculture-and-health-9781583671573","title":"Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on Ecology, Agriculture, and Health","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do we understand the world? While some look to the heavens for intelligent design, others argue that it is determined by information encoded in DNA. Science serves as an important activity for uncovering the processes and operations of nature, but it is also immersed in a social context where ideology influences the questions we ask and how we approach the material world. \u003cb\u003eBiology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on the Coevolution of Nature and Society\u003c\/b\u003e breaks from the confirms of determinism, offering a dialectical analysis for comprehending a dynamic social and natural world.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eBiology Under the Influence\u003c\/b\u003e, Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins provide a devastating critique of genetic determinism and reductionism within science while exploring a broad range of issues including the nature of science, biology, evolution, the environment, pubic health, and dialectics, They dismantle the ideology that attempts to naturalize social inequalities, unveil the alienation of science and nature, and illustrate how a dialectical position serves as a basis for grappling with historical developments and a world characterized by change. \u003cb\u003eBiology Under the Influence\u003c\/b\u003e brings together the illuminating essays of two prominent scientists who work to demystify and empower the public's understanding of science and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLewontin, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRichard Lewontin\u003c\/b\u003e is Alexander Agassiz Research Professor at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Triple Helix: Gene, Organism, and Environment\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eIt Ain't Necessarily So: The Dream of the Human Genome and Other Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eBiology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eHuman Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), and (with Richard Levins) \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectical Biologist\u003c\/i\u003e (1985).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLevins, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRichard Levins\u003c\/b\u003e is John Rock Professor of Population Sciences, Department of Population and International Health at Harvard University.","brand":"Monthly Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420700840210,"sku":"9781583671573","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d576d89c-0547-4afc-9ff9-ce976bc5e947.jpg?v=1729496109","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/biology-under-the-influence-dialectical-essays-on-ecology-agriculture-and-health-9781583671573","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}