Sociobiology and the ArtsJan Baptist Bedaux, Brett Cooke From the contents: Sociobiology and the arts: problems and prospects (Ellen Dissanayake). - The promise of a biothematics (Brett Cooke). - The sociobiology of beauty (Frederick Turner). - Vegetable, animal, human: the perils and powers of transgressing sociobiologicalbounderies in narrative (Eric S. Rabkin). - How art arouses emotion (Nancy E. Aiken). - The biology of Dostoevsky's Crime and punishment: cultural text as adaptive mechanism (Gary Cox). |
Contents
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The Promise of a Biothematics 4362 | 43 |
The Sociobiology of Beauty 6382 | 63 |
The Perils and Powers | 83 |
Observations on Realism | 99 |
Ethological Aspects of Apotropaic Symbolism in Art 129157 | 129 |
How Art Arouses Emotion 159173 | 159 |
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