Title
Dubos, R. Beast or angel
Files
Description
René J. Dubos. Beast or angel? Choices that make us human
A microbiologist inquires into the origins of human needs and desires and shows that the existential expressions of man's genetic nature are not constant:
Conveying French into English -- Stability and adaptability of humankind: Old world and new world -- The saga of the human species -- The races of man -- Biological Freudianism -- Social adaptations -- Choosing to be human: The bestiality of the human species -- The humanness of the human species -- Individualism and collectivity -- Humanity and the beast -- The past in the present: The cave and the horizon -- Cities old and new -- The clan and the stranger -- Life in the city -- Crowds and machines -- Hauts Lieux and monuments -- At home on Earth: Yesterday's future shock -- The camp and the open road -- Ulysses and the American frontier -- Technologic Utopia -- The incarnations of humankind -- Revolutions and resurrection -- On the pleasures of being human: The diversity of human life -- Pluralism and the world order -- Adventure and fantasy -- Joie de Vivre and happiness.
ISBN
0684139014
Publication Date
1974
Publisher
Scribner
City
New York
Keywords
human evolution
Recommended Citation
The Rockefeller University, "Dubos, R. Beast or angel" (1974). RU Authors. 41.
https://digitalcommons.rockefeller.edu/ru-authors/41
Comments
The Rockefeller University Library Level B GN 320 D817 1974
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