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        What’s Left of Human Nature?

        What's Left of Human Nature?

        What's Left of Human Nature?

        A Post-Essentialist, Pluralist, and Interactive Account of a Contested Concept

        by Maria Kronfeldner

        ISBN: 9780262038416

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 16, 2018

        A philosophical account of human nature that defends the concept against dehumanization, Darwinian, and developmentalist challenges.
        Digital Countercultures and the Struggle for Community

        Digital Countercultures and the Struggle for Community

        Digital Countercultures and the Struggle for Community

        by Jessa Lingel

        ISBN: 9780262036214

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 14, 2017

        How countercultural communities have made the Internet meet their needs, subverting established norms of digital technology use.
        Boundary Objects and Beyond

        Boundary Objects and Beyond

        Boundary Objects and Beyond

        Working with Leigh Star

        Edited by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Stefan Timmermans, Adele E. Clarke and Ellen Balka

        ISBN: 9780262528085

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 26, 2016

        The multifaceted work of the late Susan Leigh Star is explored through a selection of her writings and essays by friends and colleagues.
        Situated Intervention

        Situated Intervention

        Situated Intervention

        Sociological Experiments in Health Care

        by Teun Zuiderent-Jerak

        ISBN: 9780262029384

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 7, 2015

        An exploration of sociological research that is neither “detached” nor “engaged”; a new approach to sociological knowledge production, with examples from health care.
        On Super-Diversity

        On Super-Diversity

        On Super-Diversity

        by Tariq Ramadan

        ISBN: 9781934105771

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: September 2, 2011

        One of the greatest challenges for art and culture, sounded by intellectuals and also by funding bodies, is to represent diversity. But what precisely does this term mean and why does it so often placate...
        Honest Signals

        Honest Signals

        Honest Signals

        How They Shape Our World

        by Alex Pentland

        ISBN: 9780262515122

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 24, 2010

        How understanding the signaling within social networks can change the way we make decisions, work with others, and manage organizations.
        Looking Within

        Looking Within

        Looking Within

        A Sociocultural Examination of Fetoscopy

        by Deborah Blizzard

        ISBN: 9780262527866

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 3, 2007

        An ethnographic study of fetoscopy that considers both the broader cultural context of this high-risk obstetrical procedure and the patient's individual experience.
        Allies Divided

        Allies Divided

        Allies Divided

        Transatlantic Policies for the Greater Middle East

        Edited by Robert D. Blackwill and Michael Stürmer

        ISBN: 9780262522441

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 2, 1997

        The shifting global security and defense landscape of the post-Cold War era has led the West to reexamine regional priorities and existing international institutions. Many scholars have written on how...
        From Genesis to Genocide

        From Genesis to Genocide

        From Genesis to Genocide

        The Meaning of Human Nature and the Power of Behavior Control

        by Stephan L Chorover

        ISBN: 9780262530392

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 16, 1980

        From Genesis to Genocide makes striking observations about past and present developments in such controversial areas as I.Q. testing, violence, crime, juvenile delinquency, mental illness, psychosurgery, racial strife, sex discrimination, drug addiction, and law enforcement
        Abstracts of Theses 1966-1967

        Abstracts of Theses 1966-1967

        Abstracts of Theses 1966-1967

        by MIT

        ISBN: 9780262630313

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: June 15, 1970

        Each academic year the Massachusetts Institute of Technology grants approximately three hundred and fifty doctoral degrees, which are the result of many years of study and research on the part of the...
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