Ashley Montagu

The Late Ashley Montagu

This new edition contains Montagu's most complete explication of his theory and a thorough updating of previous editions.

The Fallacy of Race

Man's Most Dangerous Myth

The Anatomy of Swearing

A Study in Human Dignity

The Elephant Man 

The Human Significance of the Skin

Touching

"An iconoclast, Montagu wields his encyclopedic knowledge of physical anthropology to show how women's biological, genetic, and physical characteristics make her not only man's equal, but his superior. Also a humanist, Montagu points to the emotional and social qualities typically ascribed to women and devalued as being central to the attainment of equitable and just social relations."--BOOK JACKET.

The Natural Superiority of Women

"This very stimulating and provocative book is highly recommended. All professionals concerned with human behavior will find something of value in this book, but others, especially parents of babies and young children, can gain insight into the nurturing needs of infants"--Amazon.com.

In this new, revised edition of his landmark book, Montagu compels us to reevaluate the way we think about growth and development, in all its phases, throughout life. Humans are designed to grow and develop their childlike qualities, and not to become the ossified adults prescribed by society. Montagu demonstrates how our culture, schools, and families are in conspiracy against such childlike traits as the need to love, to learn, to wonder, to know, to explore, to think, to experiment, to be imaginative, creative and curious, to sing, dance, or play. He also reveals the many links between physical and mental aging and tells how to prevent "psychosclerosis," the hardening of the mind, so that we can die young--as late as possible. "The best statement ever written on the most important, neglected theme of human life and evolution." Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University

Growing Young

Man's Brain Case, in Its Ability to Resist and Dissipate Manifold Stresses, is a Noteworthy Example of Efficient Architecture

The Skillful Skull

Discussion of the belief in immortality and its consequences in ethical conduct, based on an inquiry into its biological bases, and on anthropological observations among primitive peoples and children.

Immortality

A Study in the Comparative Physiology of the Infecundity of the Adolescent Organism

The Reproductive Development of the Female, with Especial Reference to the Period of Adolescent Sterility

A Study in the Comparative Physiology of the Adolescent Organism

The Reproductive Development of the Female

Samuel S. Snyder

Man and the Computer

A noted anthropologist discredits myths and stereotypes about the stages of life and provides a plan for a life approach that is designed to help the user retain a youthful outlook.

Refutes the arguments and conclusions of those who claim that human aggresiveness is innate, and argues for an alternate view of aggression based on a theory of environment-experiential-genetic interaction.

The Nature of Human Aggression

This volume brings together all the evidence bearing upon the procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines and subjects it to a scientific examination in the light of biological, social and psychological research. First published in 1937. This edition reprints the revised edition of 1974.

The procreative beliefs of the Australian Aborigines

Coming into Being Among the Australian Aborigines

The Idea of Race

The plight of the American Indian, the real meaning of equal opportunity, and sociogenic brain damage are among the subjects examined by Professor Montagu in this edition of his classic work

Floyd W. Matson

The well-known anthropologist and social biologist explores the subtle vocabulary of kinesics, or communicative body motion, to better understand the significance of such silent signals as posture, gesture, and eye and facial movements in encounter ritual

The Human Connection

Gaetano Benedetti

Arno Gruen

By defining man's vulnerability as his strength, Dr. Gruen points the way to a psychoanalysis of personal courage and social responsibility, at the same time exposing the childhood split which leads man to abandon his true self.

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