{"product_id":"the-genial-gene-joan-roughgarden-9780520265936","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 0520265939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520265936\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 Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.70d","brand":"Joan Roughgarden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919948775679,"sku":"9780520265936","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7dd6ab36-bd0d-4bad-8e61-c9d6d9ffa232.jpg?v=1680812800","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-genial-gene-joan-roughgarden-9780520265936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}