Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
All characters reduced
Rediscovering Darwin - The Rest of Darwin's Theory and Why We Need It Today - cover

We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog. But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy!

Rediscovering Darwin - The Rest of Darwin's Theory and Why We Need It Today

David Loye

Publisher: Romanes Press

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

Hailed as a breakthrough in 12 pages of pre-publication reviews by leading evolutionary thinkers, this new book has been rushed into print for impact in the wake of both the honoring and the dishonoring of Darwin’s 209th birthday on February 12.
    Rediscovering Darwin: The Rest of Darwin’s Theory and Why We Need it Today weaves  three gripping stories into a compelling single account. First a new perspective on  the startling discovery of the long-buried rest of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Then the mystery of how and why it was lost for over 100 years.  And now—in the sharp contrast between the recovered rest of Darwin and the worst of Trump and friends—the urgent need for an update in theory and social action.
    Haunting in similarity to the threat of nuclear annihilation we face today, Rediscovering Darwin opens during the tension of the Cold War.  With the mindset of “survival of the fittest” driving the U.S. and Russia toward nuclear oblivion, a handful of scientists from both sides meet secretly in Budapest.
     Psychologist and evolutionary systems scientist David Loye—there from the U.S. side, and author of this book—takes us into the still little known story of how,  in a world desperate for order out of chaos, they decided to see if they could use chaos theory to replace “survival of the fittest” with a better theory of evolution.  
    In haunting contrast to what became the Darwin of “survival of the fittest,”“selfish genes,” and now the manic rampage of “winners versus losers,” an internationally expanding advance research group found five factors to “speed the evolution of our species”  in the”lost” rest of Darwin’s theory.  The five were and are:
    Darwin’s long-ignored higher-order understanding of sex.   His scientifically pioneering exploration of the fundamental drive of love.  Same for the global bond of community.  How in tune with Jesus in religion and Immanuel Kant in philosophy—  calling selfishness a “base principle” accounting for “the low morality of savages”— he capped his theory with the drive of the moral sense as primary in evolution.  Here too was and is the shock of Darwin’s long-ignored case for spirituality and the place and function of the positive teachings of religion in evolution.   Even the surprise of how, in what he wrote of “the morality of women,” Darwin became a cautious forerunner of male support for the women’s movement.
    Stage by stage, Rediscovering Darwin shows how, beginning in the 19th century then spanning the 20th into the 21st century, the rest of Darwin was wiped off the slate of history— but is now being reclaimed by a rising alliance of scientists and social activists.
    In vivid portraits in this book one can meet— and get to know and join —Darwin’s new heirs and heiresses opening the way to a better future for our battered species and planet.
Available since: 01/19/2018.

Other books that might interest you

  • Anything But Simple - My Life as a Mennonite - cover

    Anything But Simple - My Life as...

    Lucinda J. Miller

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Like her grandmother, Lucinda J. Miller wears long dresses and a prayer covering. But she uses a cellphone and posts status updates on Facebook, too. Anything but Simple is the riveting memoir of a young woman’s rich church tradition, lively family life, and longings for a meaningful future within her Mennonite faith. With a roving curiosity and a sometimes saucy tongue, Miller ushers us into her busy life as a young schoolteacher.Book 5 in the Plainspoken series. Hear straight from Amish and Mennonite people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. Each book includes “A Day in the Life of the Author” and the author’s answers to FAQs about the Amish and Mennonites.
    Show book
  • Write Like You Mean It - Mastering Your Passion for the Written Word - cover

    Write Like You Mean It -...

    Steve Gamel

    • 0
    • 1
    • 0
    “Honest, transparent, and realistic . . . His approach offers insights, advice, and sensible strategies to stop procrastinating and start writing.” —Neil Foote, Principal Lecturer, Mayborn School of Journalism 
     
    In his debut title, Write Like You Mean It, award-winning journalist and content writer Steve Gamel dives into his best advice for writers that he has gathered over the years. With stories from his early years and frequent foibles as a journalist, Gamel equips aspiring writers with trade tips to learn, tools to utilize, and lessons to write stronger content. He has designed “a book that is useful to all kinds of writers: first-time writers, veteran writers, nonfiction writers, fiction writers, freelance writers, college writers, high school writers, writers who own their own business, and so forth.” 
     
    Simple steps in each chapter break down the productivity practices of creatives, the organization needed to get to the finish line, and the purpose behind it all: drawing readers in with quality content and style. He discusses the intentional processes behind organizing ideas, conducting interviews, beating writer’s block, networking, editing, and publishing. Whether you’re an old hand at writing, a novice, or a college professor aspiring to write full-time, this book is for you, so you too can Write Like You Mean It! 
     
    “Blazes a trail for aspiring writers . . . provides numerous practical tips and suggestions to help you deal with the challenges of writing and getting published.” —Tim Stevenson, Master Sherpa Executive Coach, and author of Better 
     
    “Steve does a great job of laying things out in an easy format that communicates good information to the reader—which is what writing is all about.” —Ben Baby, NFL and Boxing Reporter, ESPN
    Show book
  • Dangerous Love - A True Story of Tragedy Faith and Forgiveness in the Muslim World - cover

    Dangerous Love - A True Story of...

    Ray Norman

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Ray Norman spent most of his life living in far-flung corners of the globe, working on long-term development projects and living out his calling as a Christian professional. By the time he arrived in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania around the turn of the millennium, he was veteran of life as an expat, at home in countries and cultures not his own. But in 2001, the world was about to change—and so was Ray’s life. 
    In the aftermath of 9/11—a time when tensions between Muslim and Western culture were peaking—Ray and his daughter, Hannah, made the short drive from their home to the Mauritanian beach. But instead of spending the afternoon enjoying the waves and the water, father and daughter found themselves hurtling back to the city, each with a bullet-hole pumping blood into the floorboards of their jeep. 
    Dangerous Love is an account of the Normans’ brush with violent extremism—and of the family’s unexpected return to Mauritania in the face of terrifying risks. This is the story of a call that could not be denied and of a family’s refusal to give up on love.
    Show book
  • El Jefe - The Stalking of Chapo Guzmán - cover

    El Jefe - The Stalking of Chapo...

    Alan Feuer

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    The definitive account of the rise and fall of the ultimate narco, "El Chapo," from the New York Times reporter whose coverage of his trial went viral.Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is the most legendary of Mexican narcos. As leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, he was one of the most dangerous men in the world. His fearless climb to power, his brutality, his charm, his taste for luxury, his penchant for disguise, his multiple dramatic prison escapes, his unlikely encounter with Sean Penn—all of these burnished the image of the world's most famous outlaw.He was finally captured by U.S. and Mexican law enforcement in a daring operation years in the making. Here is that entire epic story—from El Chapo's humble origins to his conviction in a Brooklyn courthouse. Longtime New York Times criminal justice reporter Alan Feuer's coverage of his trial was some of the most riveting journalism of recent years.Feuer’s mastery of the complex facts of the case, his unparalleled access to confidential sources in law enforcement, and his powerful understanding of disturbing larger themes—what this one man's life says about drugs, walls, class, money, Mexico, and the United States—will ensure that El Jefe is the one audiobook to listen to about “El Chapo.”  A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books"Fans of Don Winslow’s fiction and Mark Bowden’s nonfiction alike will be eager to read Feuer’s blood-spattered tale." -- Kirkus
    Show book
  • Tenskwatawa: The Life of the Shawnee Prophet and Tecumseh’s Brother - cover

    Tenskwatawa: The Life of the...

    Charles River Editors

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    As settlers continued to encroach further west, the Shawnee, who were attempting to put together a confederacy of Native Americans to resist, stood firm and ready to fight them. Before America fought Britain in the War of 1812, they were engaged in Tecumseh’s War around the Great Lakes. The fighting made him famous and made a military hero (and eventually a president) out of William Henry Harrison, whose victory at Tippecanoe is considered the end of that war.  
    	Despite being one of their most tenacious opponents, Tecumseh almost immediately became a celebrated folk hero and respected leader in American history, all while continuing to be one of the most poignant symbols of resistance among Native Americans. He continues to be a household name across the United States today, nearly 200 years after his death.  
    	What makes Tecumseh’s legacy ironic is that the Shawnee were nominally led by a different man altogether, and that man just so happened to be Tecumseh’s brother. Lalawethika’s early life mostly consisted of abject failures, and he became an alcoholic, but in one of his alcohol-soaked stupors, he began to have visions of the Master of Life that turned him into the Open Door, the prophet named Tenskwatawa. It was Tenskwatawa who brought a new vision to the Shawnee, transforming himself from an object of pity and contempt into a religious leader who had thousands of followers. When the Americans fought at Tippecanoe, the gathering of Native Americans who they were attempting to disperse had congregated at a place colloquially known as Prophetstown. 
    Show book
  • A Citizen's Democracy in Authoritarian Times - An American View on the Catalan Drive for Independence - cover

    A Citizen's Democracy in...

    Thomas S. Harrington

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Agents of sedition who are heedlessly destroying Spain's "consolidated democracy"? Xenophobes simply interested in protecting their own wealth who are, behind the rhetoric, not that different from the tribal authoritarians coming to the fore in Hungary and northern Italy? These are but two of the many narrative tropes the Spanish government and the establishment press in Europe and the US are rolling out to counter the rise of separatist sentiment in Catalonia. In this book, Thomas S. Harrington, an American with a deep familiarity with Catalan culture and history, argues that, far from being a threat to democracy in Europe, the scrupulously peaceful and people-driven movement for independence in Catalonia is, perhaps, the best hope we have for spurring its much hoped-for renewal.
    Show book