Darwinism and the Study of Society

<p><strong>Tavistock Press</strong> was established as a co-operative venture between the <strong>Tavistock Institute</strong> and <strong>Routledge & Kegan Paul</strong> (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. <br> This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by <strong>Routledge,</strong> 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name <em>The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press</em>.<br> Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1961 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.</p> <p>Chapter 1 Darwin's Place in the History of Thought, BASILWILLEY; Chapter 2 The Intellectual Background of Charles Darwin's Student Years at Edinburgh, GEORGESHEPPERSON; Chapter 3 >Darwinism and Human Society in Retrospect, LANCELOTHOGBEN; Chapter 4 Natural and Social Selection, W.STARK; Chapter 5 The Human Evolutionary System, C. H.WADDINGTON; Chapter 6 Evolution and History, J. MAYNARDSMITH; Chapter 7 Social Evolution, MORRISGINSBERG; Chapter 8 Social Mind and Animal Brain, B.FARRINGTON; Chapter 9 Communication in Animal and Human Societies, S. A.BARNETT; Chapter 10 Social Norms and Social Evolution, TOMBURNS; Chapter 11 The Autonomy of Post-Darwinian Sociology, MICHAELBANTON;</p>