Books
Below are books that have been written by This View of Life staff, advisors, and affiliated researchers. If using the links below, a small portion of your Amazon purchase will be donated to us.
This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
It is widely understood that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution completely revolutionized the study of biology. Yet, according to David Sloan Wilson, the Darwinian revolution won’t be truly complete until it is applied more broadly—to everything associated with the words “human,” “culture,” and “policy.”
Get the bookDoes Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others
Does altruism exist? Or is human nature entirely selfish? In this eloquent and accessible book, famed biologist David Sloan Wilson provides new answers to this age-old question based on the latest developments in evolutionary science.
Get the bookUltrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth
Follow Peter Turchin on an epic journey through time. From stone-age assassins to the orbiting cathedrals of the space age, from bloodthirsty god-kings to India’s first vegetarian emperor, discover the secret history of our species—and the evolutionary logic that governed it all.
Get the bookEvolutionary Perspectives on Child Development and Education
This stimulating volume assembles leading scholars to address issues in children’s cognitive, academic, and social development through the lens of evolutionary psychology.
Get the bookAges of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History
We are on the wrong track. Seventy percent of Americans (and counting) think so. The real wage of a US worker today is less than it was 40 years ago—but there are four times as many multimillionaires. As inequality grows, the politics become more poisonous. Every year, more and more Americans go on shooting sprees, killing strangers and passers-by—and now, increasingly, representatives of the state.
Get the bookEvolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
With stories that entertain as much as they inform, Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution and shows how, properly understood, they can illuminate the length and breadth of creation, from the origin of life to the nature of religion.
Get the bookThe Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative
In recent years, articles in major periodicals from the New York Times Magazine to the Times Literary Supplement have heralded the arrival of a new school of literary studies that promises-or threatens-to profoundly shift the current paradigm. This revolutionary approach is known as Darwinian literary studies.
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