tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261748503426298041.post3284715189696412723..comments2023-10-21T13:04:34.038-07:00Comments on Our Place in the World: A Journal of Ecosocialism: 2048. An Ecological Socialist's Reflection on Edward O. Wilson's SociobiologyKamran Nayerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13737979861971221811noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261748503426298041.post-55011979702211537052015-10-17T19:46:58.340-07:002015-10-17T19:46:58.340-07:00The argument for the justification for a large as ...The argument for the justification for a large as opposed to small family size can and should be applied as well here. Having 'come' from a small and improperly cared for (in all respects) family-we suffered much less because we were not a large size family, eco-based society would have and argue-ably should have knocked some of us "off". If such would've been done (and nature did in fact dispose of my sister) then my chances at living a more moderate lifestyle might have been propagated. I have mixed "feelings" about genetic fetal-abortion and governmental support IE am in support for smaller family size, when I see all forces of nature/social-biology saying that a couple should be more mindful of family size...thus giving parents of offspring more time, energy and resources to two or three children per household.Lana Amirahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261748503426298041.post-21925662624498073102015-10-17T12:42:13.875-07:002015-10-17T12:42:13.875-07:00Raymond Williams (1926-89; an English-Welsh writer...Raymond Williams (1926-89; an English-Welsh writer about culture, literature, language, and politics, as well as a novelist) in his 1980 essay, "Ideas of nature," gives us a sense of the changing meanings given to the term “nature,” the coexistence of contradictory meanings at any one time, and how these meanings reflect ideas about the social order being defended or promoted. There is a cycle: society is projected into nature and then propositions about society are read back out of this “nature.” Ideas of nature are often invoked to explain aspects of the social order, usually aspects becoming problematic at that particular historical juncture. So, when we hear people debating what nature is/what is natural, we can ask ourselves what it is about society that is being debated. In other words, we should try to expose what is only implicit, what is not literally stated. This is as true for scientific ideas about human nature as it is about popular ideas. The corollary of Williams' analysis is that social arrangements can be more soundly argued for on social terms. For example, when I was a young biologist and social activist, I looked for biological cases of mutualism and cooperation to make the case that competition was not the dominant process. Williams helped me abandon that project and simply make the case in word and deed for cooperation in society.pjt111https://www.blogger.com/profile/05553638407399200588noreply@blogger.com