Nathaniel Weyl

Geography of Intellect (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Until the first publication of the Geography of Intellect in 1963, the study of human intelligence, its distribution and causes, had been confined to inaccessible scholars' journals. With the publication of works by Carleton S. Coon, Ernst Mayr and others-dealing with the evolution of man and his various sub-groups-has grown a strong popular interest in the findings of anthropological science:What has made man? Why do his civilizations rise and fall? How can we make certain that our current rate of material progress is maintained or increased, that we do not fall into the graveyard of civilizations wherein are buried Periclean Greece, Imperial Rome, Post-Inquisition Spain, Islamic civilization and the monstrous Nazi regime?"e;No one can read Nathaniel Weyl without realizing the has is clearly a man of intellectual honesty, attempting to perform a signal service for us all."e;-NATIONAL REVIEW"e;So lucid and admirable a style"e;-NEW REPUBLIC"e;Professor Possony is an admirable historian, and his book is a careful and well-documented account."e;-THE ANNALS"e;Dr. Possony-deeply steeped in general sociology-stands out among the younger historians whose work has commanded attention in Europe and in this country."e;-THE NEW LEADER

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Muriwai Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789122107
• Artikelnr.: 55442898