num_pages: 292
description: Is the human species becoming dehumanized by the condition of our environment? So Human an Animal is an attempt to address this broad concern &amp; explain why so little is being done to address this issue. The book sounds both an urgent warning &amp; offers important policy insights into how this trend towards dehumanization can be halted &amp; finally reversed. Dubos asserts that we are as much the product of our total environment as of our genetic endowment. In fact, the environment we live in can greatly enhance, or severely limit, the development of human potential. Yet we're deplorably ignorant of the effects of our surroundings on human life. We create conditions which can only thwart human nature. So Human an Animal is a book with hope no less than alarm. Science can change our suicidal course by learning to deal analytically with the living experience of humans, by supplementing the knowledge of things &amp; of the body machine with a science of human life. Only then can we give larger scope to human freedom by providing a rational basis for option &amp; action.The unbelievable future Man's nature &amp; human history Biological remembrance of things pastThe living experience The pursuit of significanceThe science of humanity
language: English
title: So Human an Animal: How We are Shaped by Surroundings and Events
titlecomplete: So Human an Animal: How We are Shaped by Surroundings and Events
genres: Social Science, Anthropology, Biology, Sociology, Science, History, Philosophy, Health, Psychology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 198
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: -31507200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: The Sciences
publisher: Routledge