{"title":"Books by Steven Rose","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781608467273","title":"Not In Our Genes","description":"\u003cp\u003eInformative, entertaining, lucid, forceful, frequently witty . . . never dull . . . should be read and remembered for a long time.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The authors argue persuasively that biological explanations for why we act as we do are based on faulty (in some cases, fabricated) data and wild speculation. . . . It is debunking at its best.\"—\u003ci\u003ePsychology Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important and timely book\"—Stephen Jay Gould\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot in our Genes \u003c\/i\u003esystematically exposes and dismantles the claims that inequalities—class, race, gender—are the products of biological, genetic inheritances.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301643137397,"sku":"9781608467273","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781608467273_c254bc65-fe2c-4947-90aa-95f1944fc79b.jpg?v=1786022946"},{"product_id":"alas-poor-darwin","title":"Alas Poor Darwin","description":"Today, genes are called upon to explain almost every aspect of our lives, from social inequalities to health, sexual preference and criminality. Based on Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection, Evolutionary Psychology with its claim that 'it's all in our genes' has become the most popular scientific theory of the late 20th century. Books such as Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene, Edward O.Wilson's Consilience and Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct have become bestsellers and frame the public debate on human life and development: we can see their influence as soon as we open a Sunday newspaper.      In recent years, however, many biologists and social scientists have begun to contest this new biological determinism and shown that Evolutionary Psychology rests on shaky empirical evidence, flawed premises and unexamined political presuppositions. In this provocative and ground-breaking book, Hilary and Steven Rose have gathered together the most eminent and outspoken critics of this fashionable ideology, ranging from Stephen Jay Gould and Patrick Bateson to Mary Midgley, Tim Ingold and Annette Karmiloff-Smith. What emerges is a new perspective on human development which acknowledges the complexity of life by placing at its centre the living organism rather than the gene.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466548027765,"sku":"9780099283195","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780099283195.jpg?v=1785654606"},{"product_id":"21st-century-brain","title":"The 21st Century Brain","description":"\u003cp\u003eA compelling and authoritative study of the brain - its past, present and future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe human brain is the most complex structure in the known universe. How it works, the relationship between mind and brain, is one of the most important of scientific questions. Researchers now claim to be able to explain the roots of human personality and behaviour and this new knowledge brings potential new powers; to cure mental illnesses, to control behaviour through tailor-made drugs, to develop human-machine hybrids. But just how seriously should we take these new threats and promises? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn order to tackle these issues Steven Rose explores the evolutionary route by which brains emerged, from the origin of life to today's complex societies. He also investigates how brains develop from a single fertilised egg to the incredibly complex organ that each human possesses. Against this background he asks the challenging question: what does the future hold for the human brain?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466606944629,"sku":"9780099429777","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780099429777.jpg?v=1785654664"},{"product_id":"genes-cells-and-brains","title":"Genes, Cells, and Brains","description":"Our fates lie in our genes and not in the stars, said James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. But Watson could not have predicted the scale of the industry now dedicated to this new frontier. Since the launch of the multibillion-dollar Human Genome Project, the biosciences have promised miraculous cures and radical new ways of understanding who we are. But where is the new world we were promised?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now updated with a new afterword, \u003ci\u003eGenes, Cells and Brains \u003c\/i\u003easks why the promised cornucopia of health benefits has failed to emerge and reveals the questionable enterprise that has grown out of bioethics. The authors, feminist sociologist Hilary Rose and neuroscientist Steven Rose, examine the establishment of biobanks, the rivalries between public and private gene sequencers, and the rise of stem cell research. The human body is becoming a commodity, and the unfulfilled promises of the science behind this revolution suggest profound failings in genomics itself.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487704654197,"sku":"9781781683149","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781781683149.jpg?v=1786354930"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-steven-rose.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}