Genial Gene: Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness

The Genial Gene: Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness

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Genial Gene: Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness

The Genial Gene: Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness

Written by Joan Roughgarden
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Are selfishness and individuality—rather than kindness and cooperation—basic to biological nature? Does a "selfish gene" create universal sexual conflict? In The Genial Gene, Joan Roughgarden forcefully rejects these and other ideas that have come to dominate the study of animal evolution. Building on her brilliant and innovative book Evolution's Rainbow, in 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.

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Published March 21, 2009
ISBN 6372183
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Joan Roughgarden is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Joan Roughgarden can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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