Dubos, R. Beast or angel

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Dubos, R. Beast or angel

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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

Comments

The Rockefeller University Library Level B GN 320 D817 1974

The Rockefeller University Library President's Office OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

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