The Chosen Primate: Human Nature and Cultural Diversity
- ISBN-10
- 0674128265
- ISBN-13
- 9780674128262
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 269
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Adam Kuper
Description
The Chosen Primate ends by looking forward to the next millennium, noting that our future depends on our response to another fundamental question: Will our culture, which has given us the means to adapt successfully to nature, ultimately destroy nature? In raising this question, Kuper shows that debates in anthropology are more than just academic disputes - they engage the major issues of our time.
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