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''Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology and Human Nature'' is a 1984 book by evolutionary geneticist Richard Lewontin, neurobiologist Steven Rose and psychologist Leon Kamin that criticizes sociobiology and genetic determinism.〔 The book, which is informed by Marxism,〔 has been criticized for misrepresenting the views of scientists such as Edward O. Wilson and Richard Dawkins.〔 ==Reception== ''Not in Our Genes'' makes a strong statement about the entanglement of science and politics: "Science is the ultimate legitimator of bourgeois ideology", and makes the following comparison "If biological determinism is a weapon in the struggle between classes, then the universities are weapons factories, and their teaching and research faculties are the engineers, designers, and production workers.〔 ''Not in Our Genes'' described Dawkins as "the most reductionist of sociobiologists". Dawkins, in reply, defended the "perfectly sensible belief" in reductionist arguments of viewing properties of the whole "''in terms'' of its parts", which he saw in the book as (ironically) ''reduced'' to "an idiotic travesty", "that the properties of a complex whole are simply the ''sum'' of those same properties in the parts". He also accused the authors of giving "ideology priority over truth",〔Richard Dawkins, "Sociobiology: the debate continues", a review of ''Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology and Human Nature'' by Steven Rose, Leon J. Kamin and R.C.Lewontin (Pantheon Books, 1985), appeared in New Scientist 24 January 1985, (web version )〕 and of promoting a "bizarre conspiracy theory of science". Accusing them of lies and idiocy, he concluded that ''Not in Our Genes'' is a "silly, pretentious, obscurantist and mendacious book".〔Dawkins, C.R. (Critical review ) in ''New Scientist'' by Richard Dawkins. ''New Scientist'' 24 January 1985〕 Biologist Dean Hamer considered ''Not in Our Genes'' a political rather than a scientific book, and disliked its politics. Nevertheless, the book taught Hamer that the genetics of human behavior, especially of sexuality, is an emotionally charged topic, and partly motivated him to change fields from metallothionein research to the genetics of homosexuality. Richard Webster described ''Not in Our Genes'' as "a critique of sociobiology and genetic determinism which is, for the most part, much more subtle and valuable than the Marxism which frequently informs it." Steven Pinker wrote that the book's authors use words such as "determinism" and "reductionism" as "vague terms of abuse", and misrepresent the views of scientists such as Wilson and Dawkins, falsely ascribing ridiculous beliefs to them. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Not in Our Genes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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