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Publications of the ESS


Bedaux, J.B. & B. Cooke (Eds.): Sociobiology and the Arts (Amsterdam/Atlanta: Editions Rodopi, 1999).

Falger, V.S.E.; P. Meyer & J.M.G. van der Dennen (Eds.): Research in Biopolitics: Vol. 6: Sociobiology and Politics (Stamford CT: JAI Press, 1998).

Rasa, A.O.; C. Vogel & E. Voland (Eds.): The Sociobiology of Sexual and Reproductive Strategies (London: Chapman & Hall, 1989).

Reynolds, V.; V.S.E. Falger & I. Vine (Eds.): The Sociobiology of Ethnocentrism: Evolutionary Dimensions of Xenophobia, Discrimination, Racism and Nationalism (London: Croom Helm, 1986).

Roede, M.; J. Wind; J. Patrick & V. Reynolds (Eds.): The Aquatic Ape: Fact or Fiction? The First Scientific Evaluation of a Controversial Theory of Human Evolution (London: Souvenir Press, 1991).

Thienpont, K. & R.L. Cliquet (Eds.): In-group/Out-group Behaviour in Modern Societies: An Evolutionary Perspective (Brussels: NIDI GBGS Publ., 1999)Click here for the contents of the book.

Van der Dennen, J.M.G. (Ed.): The Nature of the Sexes: The Sociobiology of Sex Differences and the `Battle of the Sexes'. Essays in Human Sociobiology, Vol. 3 (Groningen: Origin Press, 1992).

Van der Dennen, J.M.G. & V.S.E. Falger (Eds.) Sociobiology and Conflict: Evolutionary Perspectives on Competition, Cooperation, Violence and Warfare (London: Chapman & Hall, 1990).

Van der Dennen, J.M.G.; D. Smillie & D.R. Wilson: The Darwinian Heritage and Sociobiology (Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1999)Click here for the contents of the book.

Wind, J. (Ed.): Essays in Human Sociobiology, Vol.1 (London - New York: Academic Press, 1985; distributed by ESS).

Wind, J. & V. Reynolds (Eds.): Essays in Human Sociobiology, Vol.2 (Brussels: VUB, 1986; distributed by ESS).


Publications by ESS Members


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Beckstrom, J.H.: Sociobiology and the Law (Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1985).
Beckstrom, J.H.: Evolutionary Jurisprudence. Prospects and Limitations on the Use of Modern Darwinism throughout the Legal Process (Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1989).
Beckstrom, J.H.: Darwinism Applied: Evolutionary Paths to Social Goals (Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1993).
Blurton-Jones, N. & V. Reynolds (Eds.): Human Behaviour and Adaptation (London: Taylor & Francis, 1978).
Callebaut, W. & R. Pinxten (Eds.): Evolutionary Epistemology: A Multiparadigm Program (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1986).
Callebaut, W.; R. Corluy & E. Cozijn (Eds.): Sociobiologie. Een discussiebundel (Brussels: VUB-Press, 1988).
Caton, H. & F.K. Salter: A Bibliography of Biosocial Science: 2500 Titles across Fourteen Fields (Brisbane, Atlanta: St.Albans Press, 1988).
Caton, H.; F.K. Salter & J.M.G. van der Dennen (Eds.) The Bibliography of Human Behavior (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1993).
Cliquet, R.L.: Sociobiologie. Een controversiële wetenschap (Brussels: BRT, 1983).
Dinev, V.K.: Modeli na choveshko povedenie: Filosofsko-metodologichen analiz (Sofia, 1993).
Falger, V.S.E.: Evolutie en politiek: biopoliticologische opstellen / Evolution and Politics: Biopolitical Disquisitions (Groningen: Origin Press, 1994).
Flohr, H. & W. Tönnesmann (Eds.): Politik und Biologie. Beiträge zur Life-Sciences-Orientierung der Sozialwissenschaften (Berlin and Hamburg: Paul Parey, 1983).
Geiger, G.: Evolutionary Instability: Logical and Material Aspects of a Unified Theory of Biosocial Evolution (New York: Springer Verlag, 1990).
Hölldobler, B. & E.O. Wilson: The Ants (Cambridge MA: Harvard U.P., 1990).
Itzkoff, S.W.: The Evolution of Human Intelligence (4 Vols.; New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1983-90).
Itzkoff, S.W.: The Form of Man: The Evolutionary Origins of Human Intelligence (Ashfield: Paideia, 1983).
Itzkoff, S.W.: The Triumph of the Intelligent: The Creation of Homo sapiens sapiens (Ashfield: Paideia, 1985).
Itzkoff, S.W.: Human Intelligence and National Power: A Political Essay in Sociobiology (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 1991).
Itzkoff, S.W.: The Road to Equality: Evolution and Social Reality (New York: Praeger, 1992).
Kalma, A.: Dominantie en onzekerheidsreductie (Utrecht: Dissertation, 1989).
Kamaryt, J. & R. Steindl: Filozoficke problemy klasicke a moderni etologie (Prague: Academia Praha, 1989).
Lampert, A.: The Evolution of Love (Westport CT: Greenwood, 1997).
Leonovicova, V.V. & V.J.A. Novak (Eds.): Evoluce biologickych zakladu lidskeho chovani (Prague: Academia Praha, 1982).
Lopreato, J.: Human Nature and Biocultural Evolution (London - Boston: Allen & Unwin, 1984).
Lopreato, J. & T. Crippen: Crisis in Sociology: The Need for Darwin (New Brunswick NJ: Transaction Publ., 1999).
Lumsden, C.J. & E.O. Wilson: Genes, Mind and Culture. The Coevolutionary Process (Cambridge MA: Harvard U.P., 1981). Lumsden, C.J. & E.O. Wilson: Promethean Fire. Reflections on the Origin of Mind (Cambridge MA: Harvard U.P., 1983).
MacDonald, K.B.: Social and Personality Development: An Evolutionary Synthesis (New York: Plenum Press, 1988).
MacDonald, K.B. (Ed.): Sociobiological Perspectives on Human Development (New York: Springer, 1988).
MacDonald, K.B. A People that Shall Dwell Alone: Judaism as a Group Evolutionary Strategy (Westport CT: Praeger, 1994).
MacDonald, K.B. Separation and Its Discontents: Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Anti-Semitism (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998).
McGuire, M.T & L.A. Fairbanks: Ethological Psychiatry: Psychopathology in the Context of Evolutionary Biology (New York: Grune & Stratton, 1977).
McGuire, M.T. & A. Troisi: Darwinian Psychiatry (Cambridge, MA: Harvard U.P., 1996).
Meyer, P.: Soziobiologie und Soziologie (Darmstadt: Luchterhand, 1982).
Meyer, P.: Evolution und Gewalt. Ansätze zu einer biosoziologischen Synthese (Berlin - Hamburg: Paul Parey, 1981).
Miller, B.D. (Ed.) Sex and Gender Hierarchies (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1993).
Nesse, R. & G.C. Williams: Why We Get Sick: The New Theory of Darwinian Medicine (New York: Times Books, 1994; New York: Random House, 1995).
Pope, S.J.: The Evolution of Altruism and the Ordering of Love (Washington DC: Georgetown U.P., 1995).
Promp, D.: Sozialisation und Ontogenese. Ein biosoziologischer Ansatz (Hamburg: Parey, 1990).
Quiatt, D. & V. Reynolds: Primate Behaviour: Information, Social Knowledge, and the Evolution of Culture (Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 1993/1995).
Reynolds, P.C.: On the Evolution of Human Behavior: The Argument from Animals to Man (Berkeley - London: Univ. of California Press, 1981).
Reynolds, V.: The Biology of Human Action (Oxford - San Francisco: Freeman, 1980).
Reynolds, V. & J. Keller (Eds.) Mating and Marriage (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 1991).
Reynolds, V. & R.E.S. Tanner: The Biology of Religion (London - New York: Longman, 1983).
Ridley, M.: The Problems of Evolution (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 1985).
Ridley, M.: Evolution (Boston: Blackwell Scientific, 1993).
Ridley, M.: The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (New York: Viking, 1993; New York: Macmillan, 1994).
Ridley, M.: Animal Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Mechanisms, Development, and Ecology (Cambridge MA: Blackwell, 1995).
Roele, M.: De eeuwige lokroep. Over seks, sekseverschillen en relaties (Amsterdam: Contact, 1996).
Roes, F.L.: De naakte molrat. Over mensen, dieren en evolutie (Amsterdam: Prometheus, 1993).
Ruse, M.: Sociobiology: Sense or Nonsense? (Dordrecht - Boston: Reidel, 1979).
Ruse, M.: The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw (Chicago: Chicago U,P., 1981)
Ruse, M.: Darwinism Defended: A Guide to the Evolution Controversies (Reading MA: Addison-Wesley, 1982).
Ruse, M.: Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy (New York: Blackwell, 1986).
Ruse, M.: The Darwinian Paradigm: Essays on its History, Philosophy and Religious Implications (New York: Routledge, 1989).
Ruse, M.: The Philosophy of Biology Today; A Review (Albany: SUNY Press, 1990).
Rushton, J.P.: Race, Evolution, and Behavior: A Life History Approach (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 1994).
Salter, F.K.: Emotions in Command: A Naturalistic Study of Institutional Dominance (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 1995).
Santangelo, A.: Homo sapiens. Per una antropologia comprensiva (Milano: La Pietra, 1982).
Santangelo, A.: Epopea Ominide. La transizione all'umano e il concetto di comportamento pre-culturale (Milano: La Pietra, 1985).
Santangelo, A.: Il giardino dell'Eden. Il sentiero che conduce al Sapiens: comportamento pre-culturale, e transizione a cultura (Milano: La Pietra, 1987).
Santangelo, A.: L'Uomo: eredità e promozione culturale (Milano: La Pietra, 1989).
Santangelo, A.: Antropologia e processi di civiltà. La nascita di nuovi valori (Milano: La Pietra, 1992).
Santangelo, A.: The Beginning and Meaning of Culture. The Cerebral Activity Underlying It (Milano: La Pietra, 1993).
Santangelo, A: Brain Network and Cultural Shape (Milano: La Pietra, 1995).
Schubert, G.: Evolutionary Politics (Carbondale: Southern Illinois U.P., 1989).
Schubert, G. & A. Somit (Eds.): The Biology of Primate Sociopolitical Behavior (DeKalb: Northern Illinois U.P., 1982).
Schubert, G. & R. Masters (Eds.) Primate Politics (Evanston: Southern Illinois U.P., 1990; Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1994).
Slurink, P.: Natuurlijke selectie en de tragiek van de menselijke idealen; een naturalistische rechtvaardiging en kritiek van ethische noties (Delft: Eburon, 1989).
Sober, E.: The Nature of Selection: Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus (Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1984).
Sober, E.: Philosophy of Biology (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 1993).
Sober, E. (Ed.): Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology (Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1984; 2nd ed. 1994).
Somit, A. & S.A. Peterson (Eds.): Research in Biopolitics (Greenwich CT: JAI Press, 1990).
Somit, A. & S.A. Peterson (Eds.): Biopolitics and Mainstream Political Science: A Master Bibliography (Program for Biopolitical Research Northern Illinois Univ., 1990).
Somit, A. & S.A. Peterson (Eds.): The Dynamics of Evolution: The Punctuated Equilibrium Debate in the Natural Social Sciences (Ithaca NY: Cornell U.P., 1992).
Somit, A. & S.A. Peterson (Eds.): Research in Biopolitics, Volume 2 (Greenwich CT: JAI Press, 1994).
Somit, A. & S.A. Peterson (Eds.): Research in Biopolitics, Volume IV (Greenwich CT: JAI Press).
Somit, A. & S.A. Peterson: Darwinism, Dominance, and Democracy: The Evolutionary Bases of Authoritarianism (New York: Praeger, forthcoming).
Somit, A. & R. Wildenmann (Eds.) Democracy and Hierarchy: Biopolitical Theory (Carbondale: Southern Illinois Press, 1991).
Somit, A.; A. Arwine & S.A. Peterson Birth Order and Politics (University Press of America, 1996).
Sommer, V.: Die Affen. Unsere wilde Verwandtschaft (Hamburg: Gruner & Jahr, 1989).
Sommer, V.: Wider die Natur? Homosexualität und Evolution (München: C.H. Beck, 1990).
Sommer, V.: Lob der Lüge. Täuschung und Selbstbetrug bei Tier und Mensch (München: C.H. Beck, 1992).
Sommer, V.: Heilige Egoisten. Die Soziobiologie indischer Tempelaffen (München: C.H. Beck, 1996).
Susanne, C. (Ed.): Op zoek naar de eerste mensen (Brussel: VUB, 1984).
Tiger, L.: Men in Groups (2nd. Ed. with foreword by Desmond Morris; New York - London: Marion Boyars Publishers, 1987).
Tiger, L.: The Manufacture of Evil: Ethics, Evolution, and the Industrial System (New York: Harper & Row, 1987).
Tiger, L.: The Pursuit of Pleasure (Boston: Little Brown, 1993).
Tiger, L. & T. Fowler (Eds.): Female Hierarchies: An Evolutionary Perspective (Chicago: Beresford, 1978).
Tiger, L. & R. Fox: The Imperial Animal (2nd Ed. with new introduction by the authors; New York: Henry Holt, 1989).
Trivers, R.: Social Evolution (Menlo Park: Benjamin/Cummings, 1985).
Van der Dennen, J.M.G.: The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male- Coalitional Reproductive Strategy (Groningen: Origin Press, 1995, 2 Vols.).
Van Hooff, J.A.R.A.M.; J.M. Rabbie & G. van Benthem van den Berg (Eds.): Oorlog: multidisciplinaire beschouwingen (Hoogezand: Uitgeverij Stubeg, 1990).
Vanhanen, T.: The Emergence of Democracy (Helsinki: Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, 1984).
Vanhanen, T.: Politics of Ethnic Nepotism: India as an Example (Reading Berks: Link Press, 1991).
Vanhanen, T.: On the Evolutionary Roots of Politics (New Delhi: Sterling, 1992).
Verhaegen, M.: In den beginne was het water; nieuwste inzichten in de evolutie van de mens (Antwerpen/Baarn: Hadewijch, 1997).
Vogel, C.: Vom Töten zum Mord: Das wirkliche Böse in der Evolutionsgeschichte (München: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1989).
Voland, E. (Ed.) Fortpflanzung - Natur und Kultur im Wechselspiel (Frankfurt a.M.: Surhrkamp, 1992).
Voland, E.: Grundriß der Soziobiologie (Stuttgart & Jena: G. Fischer Verlag, 1993).
Voland, E. (Ed.) Evolution und Anpassung - Warum die Vergangenheit die Gegenwart erklärt (Stuttgart: Hirzel Verlag, 1993).
Wilson, E.O.: The Insect Societies (Cambridge MA: The Belknap Press, 1971).
Wilson, E.O.: Sociobiology. The New Synthesis (Cambridge MA: Harvard U.P., 1975).
Wilson, E.O.: On Human Nature (Cambridge MA: Harvard U.P., 1978). Wilson, E.O.: Biophilia: The Human Bond with Other Species (Cambridge MA: Harvard U.P., 1984).
Wilson, E.O.: The Diversity of Life (Cambridge MA: Harvard U.P., 1992).
Wind, J. et al. (Eds.): Studies in Language Origins (Philadelphia: Benjamins, 1989).



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