{"product_id":"god-or-beast-robert-claiborne-9780393337488","title":"God or Beast: Evolution and Human Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book the author assails the \"pop evolutionists\"--writers who, in an \"outpouring of nonsense\" on human evolution, have portrayed man as a brute or worse. Notable targets include Robert Ardrey (\u003cem\u003eAfrican Genesis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Territorial Imperative\u003c\/em\u003e), Lionel Tiger and Robin Fox (\u003cem\u003eThe Imperial Animal\u003c\/em\u003e), Desmond Morris (\u003cem\u003eThe Naked Ape\u003c\/em\u003e), Elaine Morgan (\u003cem\u003eThe Descent of Woman\u003c\/em\u003e), and B. F. Skinner (\u003cem\u003eBeyond Freedom and Dignity\u003c\/em\u003e). These writers, says Claiborne, have caricatured human nature by citing \"facts that are not evidence and evidence that is not fact,\" and in so doing have obscured--consciously or otherwise--the real social forces that beget present-day violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking his title from Pope's \u003cem\u003eEssay on Man\u003c\/em\u003e (\"He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest\/In doubt to deem himself a god or beast\"), Claiborne contends that man is in fact \"neither god not beast; he is both\"--and, above all, human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Claiborne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393337480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393337488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d","brand":"Robert Claiborne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056876646655,"sku":"9780393337488","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d579735e-e0c7-4453-8191-4b88ff214b32.jpg?v=1685043757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-or-beast-robert-claiborne-9780393337488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}