Richard Lewontin

Not in Our Genes systematically exposes and dismantles the claims that inequalities in class, race, and gender are the products of biological and genetic inheritances. "Informative, entertaining, lucid, forceful, frequently witty...never dull...should be read and remembered for a long time." - New York Times Book Review "The authors argue persuasively that biological explanations for why we act as we do...

Scientists act within a social context and from a philosophical perspective that is inherently political. Whether they realise it or not, scientists always choose sides. The Dialectical Biologist explores this political nature of scientific inquiry, advancing its argument within the framework of Marxist dialectic. These essays stress the concepts of continual change and codetermination between organism and environment, part and...