Mark Pagel in ‘Wired for Culture’ Makes a Strong Case for Cultural Determinism

In ‘Wired for Culture,’ evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel argues that we are driven by our respective cultures.

Published Mar. 4 2012 10:00AM EST

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It is the voice inside our head.

The culture to which we belong—whatever it happens to be—fills us with its peculiar inventory. We are shaped by its mandates and its expectations, its anxieties and aspirations, its preferences and aversions.

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Mark Pagel in ‘Wired for Culture’ Makes a Strong Case for Cultural Determinism

In ‘Wired for Culture,’ evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel argues that we are driven by our respective cultures.

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Casey Schwartz

Mark Pagel in ‘Wired for Culture’ Makes a Strong Case for Cultural Determinism

In ‘Wired for Culture,’ evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel argues that we are driven by our respective cultures.

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