With more than 300,000 copies sold, this landmark book is an impressive examination of the importance of touching. "All professionals concerned with human behavior will find something of value. . . . Parents . . . can gain insight into the nurturing needs of infants."--Janet Rhoads, American Journal of Occupational Therapy
With more than 300,000 copies sold, this landmark book is an impressive examination of the importance of touching. "All professionals concerned with h...
Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term "race" as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Man's Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating rebuttal to those who would claim any link between race and intelligence. In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examines the terms "race" and "IQ" and their applications in scientific discourse. The twenty-four contributors--including such eminent thinkers as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin, Urie Bronfenbrenner, W.F. Bodmer, and Jerome Kagan--draw on fields that range from biology and genetics to psychology,...
Ashley Montagu, who first attacked the term "race" as a usable concept in his acclaimed work, Man's Most Dangerous Myth, offers here a devastating reb...
Among the central issues of the modern feminist movement, the debate over biology and culture over sex and gender, over genetics and gender roles has certainly been one of the most passionately contested. Making revolutionary arguments upon its first publication in 1953, The Natural Superiority of Women stands as one of the original feminist arguments against biological determinism. An iconoclast, Montagu wielded his encyclopedic knowledge of physical anthropology in critique of the conventional wisdom of women as the "weaker sex," showing how women's biological, genetic, and physical makeup...
Among the central issues of the modern feminist movement, the debate over biology and culture over sex and gender, over genetics and gender roles has ...
Man's Most Dangerous Myth was first published in 1942, when Nazism flourished, when African Americans sat at the back of the bus, and when race was considered the determinant of people's character and intelligence. It presented a revolutionary theory for its time; breaking the link between genetics and culture, it argued that race is largely a social construction and not constitutive of significant biological differences between people. In the ensuing 55 years, as Ashley Montagu's radical hypothesis became accepted knowledge, succeeding editions of his book traced the changes in our...
Man's Most Dangerous Myth was first published in 1942, when Nazism flourished, when African Americans sat at the back of the bus, and when race was co...
In this new, revised edition of his landmark book, Montagu compels us to reevaluate the way we think about growth and development, in all its phases, throughout life. Humans are designed to grow and develop their childlike qualities, and not to become the ossified adults prescribed by society. Montagu demonstrates how our culture, schools, and families are in conspiracy against such childlike traits as the need to love, to learn, to wonder, to know, to explore, to think, to experiment, to be imaginative, creative and curious, to sing, dance, or play. He also reveals the many links between...
In this new, revised edition of his landmark book, Montagu compels us to reevaluate the way we think about growth and development, in all its phase...
Introducing the world of mechanical engineering through a lively, readable text and numerous knowledge-check questions, activities and exercises, this book has been designed as a full programme of study for mechanical engineering option units followed by students on mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, and operations and maintenance BTEC National Certificate and National Diploma courses. The author has structured the material so that manageable sections of text are complemented by in-text questions and features such as test your knowledge, activity and maths in action panels, so...
Introducing the world of mechanical engineering through a lively, readable text and numerous knowledge-check questions, activities and exercises, this...
In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examin es the terms "race" and "IQ" and their applications in scientific disc ourse. The twenty-four contributors--including such eminent thinkers a s Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin, Urie Bronfenbrenner, W.F. Bodme r, and Jerome Kagan--draw on fields that range from biology and geneti cs to psychology, anthropology, and education. What emerges in piece a fter piece is a deep skepticism about the scientific validity of intel ligence tests, especially as applied to evaluating innate intelligence, if only because scientists...
In now classic essays, this thought-provoking volume critically examin es the terms "race" and "IQ" and their applications in scientific disc ourse. T...
Die Haut als taktiles Organ, das nicht nur krperlich, sondern auch durch Erleben und Reaktion auf das Wachstum und die Entwicklung des gesamten Wesens einwirkt, ist Gegenstand dieses Buches. Ashley Montagu untersucht die Zusammenhnge zwischen dem Fehlen des Krperkontaktes in der Kindheit und der Entstehung bestimmter Krankheiten, die Hintergrnde von Zeiterscheinungen wie Sonnen- und Badekult, Haar- und Barttracht und die Abhngigkeit der sozialen Fhigkeiten eines Menschen vom Erlebnis der Haut.
Die Haut als taktiles Organ, das nicht nur krperlich, sondern auch durch Erleben und Reaktion auf das Wachstum und die Entwicklung des gesamten Wesens...
This volume brings together all the evidence bearing upon the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines and subjects it to a scientific examination in the light of biological, social and psychological research. First published in 1937. This edition reprints the revised edition of 1974.
This volume brings together all the evidence bearing upon the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines and subjects it to a scientific examina...