Gene Worship

Moving Beyond the Nature/ Nurture Debate Over Genes, Brain and Gender

Author Gisela Kaplan and Lesley J. Rogers

Save

Add to Goodreads

"A wonderful antidote to the gene hysteria that is now so dominant! . . . What is most exciting about this book is the authors' ability to move seamlessly from research on how the brain works, to sociology, history, and philosophy. And that, I believe, is exactly how we need to understand gender--neither nature nor nurture, but a complex interplay." - Dr. Lynda Birke, author of Feminism and the Biological Body

This work moves beyond the old nature/nurture debate concerning what makes us who we are to present a new understanding of gender and sexuality. Since the mapping of the human genome there has been widespread coverage of scientific discoveries in the offing, and of the host of human problems to…

$23.00

August 24, 2010

Select a Retailer:

Gisela Kaplan, Ph.D., social scientist and scientist alike, is highly prolific in both fields. She has published numerous papers, contributed to a number of volumes, and has written fifteen books. She currently lives in Australia.

More by Gisela Kaplan

Gene Worship

Gisela Kaplan

Lesley J. Rogers is emeritus professor at the University of New England, Australia, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. She completed her first degree with Honors at Adelaide University, South Australia, and then a Doctor of Philosophy followed by a Doctor of Science at the University of Sussex, UK. Her publications, numbering over 450, include 19 books and over 300 scientific papers and book chapters, mainly in the field of neuroscience and animal behavior with a focus on development and laterality of brain and behavior. She has received a number of awards for excellence in research, including a Special Investigator Award from the Australian Research Council, an Australian Centenary Medal, and the Clarke Medal from the Royal…