{"product_id":"the-genial-gene-joan-roughgarden-9780520258266","title":"The Genial Gene: Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness","description":"Are selfishness and individuality--rather than kindness and cooperation--basic to biological nature? Does a \"selfish gene\" create universal sexual conflict? In \u003ci\u003eThe Genial Gene, \u003c\/i\u003eJoan Roughgarden forcefully rejects these and other ideas that have come to dominate the study of animal evolution. Building on her brilliant and innovative book \u003ci\u003eEvolution's Rainbow, \u003c\/i\u003ein which she challenged accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation, Roughgarden upends the notion of the selfish gene and the theory of sexual selection and develops a compelling and controversial alternative theory called social selection. This scientifically rigorous, model-based challenge to an important tenet of neo-Darwinian theory emphasizes cooperation, elucidates the factors that contribute to evolutionary success in a gene pool or animal social system, and vigorously demonstrates that to identify Darwinism with selfishness and individuality misrepresents the facts of life as we now know them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Roughgarden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520258266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520258266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.28w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2009 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009","brand":"Joan Roughgarden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46795328225535,"sku":"9780520258266","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e102167-4fe8-473d-a60f-4a3413c06f3c.jpg?v=1744947264","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-genial-gene-joan-roughgarden-9780520258266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}