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Last broadcast on Mon, 13 Jul 2009, 00:15 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.
Darwinian theory has provided a powerful explanation for animal behaviour, but can it be used to explain how humans act? Evolutionary psychologists contend that it can and have brought their critique to bear on many fields including economics, law, anthropology and sociology. Laurie speaks to Lesley Newson about her theory that evolution can explain how societies become modern.
Also on the programme, why western women are increasingly relaxed about attending sex clubs and 'ping pong' bars in Thailand. Erin Sanders tells Laurie about her latest research.
Lesley Newson
Lesley Newson, Research Fellow at Exeter University
Exeter University
Paper: Why do people become modern? A Darwinian mechanism
Professor Adam Kuper
Adam Kuper, Anthropologist and Fellow of the British Academy
Erin Sanders
Erin Sanders, PhD student in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham
“Women? What Women? An exploration of western women’s voyeuristic encounters with the sex industry in Thailand” chapter of Erin Sanders’s forthcoming PhD
Broadcasts
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Wed 8 Jul 200916:00
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Mon 13 Jul 200900:15
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