Perfectible Apes in Decadent Cultures: Rousseau's Anthropology Revisited.

Wokler, Robert

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Publication Date: 1978

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Perfectible Apes in Decadent Cultures: Rousseau's Anthropology Revisited

Wokler, Robert

Daedalus, 107, 3, 107-34, Sum 78

Briefly discusses the views of Claude Levi-Strauss and Robert Ardrey who cite Rousseau as a personal influence even though they hold opposing anthropological ideals. The author claims that this situation is due to misinterpretations of Rousseau's work. An interpretation of Rousseau's anthropology is given reconciling the differences. (BC)

Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Anthropology, Behavior Development, Culture, European History, Evolution, French Literature, Philosophy, Primatology, Sociology

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