Mean Genes
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Mean Genes
Narrated by:
Pat Woodruff
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Narrated by:
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Pat Woodruff
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Written by:
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Terry Burnham
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Jay Phelan
"An unusual cross between a social Darwinist monograph and a self-help manual." (The New Yorker)
Why do we want-and do-so many things that are bad for us? In Mean Genes Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan argue that we need to stop looking to Sigmund Freud for answers and start looking to Charles Darwin. Mean Genes reveals that our struggles for self-improvement are, in fact, battles against our own genes-genes that helped our distant ancestors flourish, but are selfish and out of place in the modern world. Using this evolutionary lens, Mean Genes brilliantly examines the issues that most affect our lives-body image, money, addiction, violence, and relationships, friendship, love, and fidelity-and offers steps to help us lead more satisfying lives.Executive Producer: Orli Moscowitz
Original Jacket Illustration: David J. High after a concept by Jay Phelan
Original Jacket Design: High Design, NYC
Author Photographs by Lisa Phelan (Jay) and Martha Stewart (Terry)
©2000 by Terry Burnham and Jay Phelan
(P) 2000 Random House, Inc.
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Critic Reviews
"The Mean Genes message is optimistic...a self-help book for the merely average human being." The Washington Post Book World
"An unusual cross between a social Darwinist monograph and a self-help manual." The New Yorker
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