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100 1 _aOleskin, Alexander V.
245 1 0 _aBiopolitics :
_bThe Political Potential of the Life Sciences.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aHauppauge :
_bNova Science Publishers, Incorporated,
_c2012.
264 4 _c©2012.
300 _a1 online resource (267 pages)
336 _atext
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505 0 _aIntro -- BIOPOLITICS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter 1 BIOPOLITICS: SUBJECT MATTER, HISTORY, AND MAIN SUBFIELDS -- 1.1. BIOPOLITICS AS THE IMPACT OF BIOLOGY (THE LIFE SCIENCES) ON POLITICS AND VICE VERSA -- 1.1.1. Biopolitics as the Influence of Evolutionary Biology-related Factors on Political Behavior -- 1.1.2. Biopolitics as the Influence of Politics on Biology -- 1.1.3. Biopolitics as the Whole Gamut of Interactions between Biology and Politics -- 1.2. LEVELS OF BIOPOLITICS -- 1.2.1. Role of Biopolitics in Terms of Social Philosophy -- 1.2.2. Role of Biopolitics in Terms of Political Science -- 1.2.3. Role of Biopolitics in Terms of Practical Policy -- 1.3. HISTORY OF BIOPOLITICS -- 1.3.1. Prehistory of Biopolitics -- 1.3.1.1. Mythological Paradigm -- 1.3.1.2. Natural Philosophy Paradigm -- 1.3.1.3. Theological Paradigm -- 1.3.1.4. Mechanistic Paradigm -- 1.3.1.5. Evolutionary Paradigm -- 1.3.1.6. Sociocultural Paradigm in Biology -- 1.3.2. History of the Main Biopolitical Schools -- 1.4. MAIN SUBFIELDS OF BIOPOLITICS -- 1.4.1. Behavioral (Ethological) Subfield of Biopolitics -- 1.4.2. Organizational (Structural) Subfield -- 1.4.3. Physiological Subfield -- 1.4.4. Environmental (Ecological) Subfield -- Chapter 2 BIOBEHAVIORAL (ETHOLOGICAL) SUBFIELD OF BIOPOLITICS -- 2.1. CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THE BIOBEHAVIORAL SUBFIELD OF BIOPOLITICS -- 2.1.1. Ethology -- 2.1.2. Communication: Biosemiotics -- 2.1.3. Agonistic Behavior. Aggression -- 2.1.4. Loyal Behavior. Affiliation and Cooperation. Prisoner's Dilemma -- 2.1.5. Sociobiology. Evolutionary Psychology -- 2.2. IMPACT OF BIOLOGY ON POLITICS AND VICE VERSA AT THE BEHAVIORAL LEVEL -- 2.2.1. Collective Aggression in Human Society in Biopolitical Terms.
505 8 _a2.2.2. Ethnocentrism and Ethnic Conflicts. Indoctrination from the Biopolitical Viewpoint -- 2.2.3. Nonverbal Communication in Human Society and its Implications for Biopolitics -- Chapter 3 ORGANIZATIONAL SUBFIELD OF BIOPOLITICS -- 3.1. BIOSOCIAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ORGANIZATION -- 3.1.1. Concept of Biosocial Systems -- 3.1.2. Hierarchies -- 3.1.3. Horizontal Structures -- 3.2. ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLES USED IN BIOSOCIAL SYSTEMS: APPLICABILITY TO HUMAN SOCIETY AND IMPLEMENTATION IN THE POLITICAL REALM -- 3.2.1. Political Power, Leadership, and Charisma -- 3.2.2. Bureaucracy versus Evolutionarily Primary Social Organization. Non-bureaucratic Organizations -- 3.2.3. Network Structures from the Biopolitical Viewpoint -- 1. Biosocial Structures of Unicellular Organisms: The Cellular Paradigm -- 2. Neural Networks: The Neuron Paradigm -- 3. Colonies of Cnidarians, e.g., of Hydroid Polyps (Fig. 3.9): The Modular Paradigm -- 4. Insect Societies: The Eusocial Paradigm -- 5. Leaderless Fish Shoals: The Equipotential Paradigm -- 6. Groups of Apes: The Egalitarian Paradigm -- 3.2.4. The Biopolitical Approach to the Formation of Political Systems in the Course of Human History -- 1. Formation of Tribal Elite ("Senate") -- 2. Wealth Concentration in the Hands of the Few (Plutocracy Formation) -- 3. Wars and Conquests (Military Elite Formation) -- 4. Monopoly on Sacral Knowledge -- Chapter 4 PHYSIOLOGICAL SUBFIELD OF BIOPOLITICS -- 4.1. PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING POLITICAL BEHAVIOR -- 4.2. PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO POLITICAL ATTITUDES/BEHAVIOR -- 4.3. GENETIC ASPECTS OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SUBFIELD -- 4.3.1. Human Behavioral Genetics from the Biopolitical Perspective -- 4.3.2. Genetic Variability of Humankind. The "Genetic Load" -- 4.3.3. Genetic Technologies and their Biopolitical Implications.
505 8 _a4.4. NEUROLOGICAL (NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL) ASPECTS OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SUBFIELD -- 4.4.1. Multi-level Brain Structure: Its Manifestation in Human Behavior -- 1. The Individual Level -- 2. The Group Level -- 4.4.2. Neurochemistry: an Important Link betweenNeurology and Biopolitics -- 4.4.3. Biopolicy (P → B Biopolitics) Issues Associated with Recent Progress in Neurophysiology -- 4.5. MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SUBFIELD -- Chapter 5 ENVIRONMENTAL (ECOLOGICAL) SUBFIELD OF BIOPOLITICS -- 5.1. ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL/ECOLOGICAL FACTORS IN POLITICAL TERMS -- 5.1.1. Human Physiology-Mediated Impact of Environmental Deterioration on Social/Political Behavior -- 5.1.2. Interactions between Human Society and Natural Ecosystems. Intersection between Biopolitics and Geopolitics -- 5.2. BEHAVIOR OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS VIS-A-VIS THE BIOSPHERE -- 5.2.1. Philosophical Underpinnings of P → B Biopolitics at the Environmental Level -- 5.2.2. Practical Biopolicies -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS -- INDEX.
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650 0 _aBiopolitics.
650 0 _aHuman behavior.
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700 1 _aMickunas, Algis.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
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