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Robin Fox

Robin Fox founded the department of anthropology at Rutgers in 1967. He has written 13 books, the most recent of which is The Passionate Mind.

Selected bibliography

  • The Passionate Mind: Sources of Destruction and Creativity (2000)
  • Conjectures and Confrontations: Science, Evolution, Social Concern (1997)
  • The Imperial Animal (1997)
  • The Tory Islanders: A People of the Celtic Fringe (1995)
  • The Challenge of Anthropology: Old Encounter and New Excursions (1994)
  • Reproduction and Succession: Studies in Anthropology Law and Society (1993)
  • Encounter with Anthropology (1991)
  • The Search for Society: Quest for a Biosocial Science and Morality (1989)
  • The Red Lamp of Incest: A Study in the Origins of Mind and Society (1984)
  • Kinship and Marriage: An Athropological Perspective (1984)

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