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Behavior genetics has always been a breeding ground for controversies. From the “criminal chromosome” to the “gay gene,” claims about the influence of genes like these have led to often vitriolic national debates about race, class, and inequality. Many behavior geneticists have encountered accusations of racism and have had their scientific authority and credibility questioned, ruining reputations, and threatening their access to coveted resources.
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Aaron Panofsky is assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy and Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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"Panofsky's book is the best empirical and conceptual extension to date of Bourdieu's perspectives on the sociology of science. This history of the fascinating understory of behavioral genetics will revive studies of scientific specialities by opening up new and fruitful questions." (Thomas F. Gieryn Indiana University)
“In this pioneering expedition across the ‘archipelago’ of approaches that make up behavior genetics, Aaron Panofsky charts a new course for understanding how scientific...
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- PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 022605845X
- ISBN 13 9780226058450
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
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