Re: Patriarchy: Re: What

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Robert Snower wrote:
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> ahimoe@prairienet.org (Albert Himoe) wrote:
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> >To: rs222@worldnet.att.net (Robert Snower)
> >Subject: Re: Patriarchy: Re: What
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> >> The mission of culture has always been seen as the defeat of biology.
> >> Durkheim... Weber... Freud saw the
> >> biological force he called the libido
>
> >This is historically what was seen. Do you believe they were correct,
> >or did they have an inadequate understanding of biology?
>
> In what way do you think their understanding of biology was
> inadequate?
>

Just for one minor thing, they has no notion of DNA and, in general, the
basic mechanisms of genetics. Biology has come a long, long way since
these guys.

Steve Barnard

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