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The Reciprocal Modular Brain in Economics and Politics

Shaping the Rational and Moral Basis of Organization, Exchange, and Choice

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  1. Gerald A. Cory

    1. The Center for Behavioral Ecology, San Jose

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Maslow Hierarchy of Needs vs. MacLean’s Triune Brain

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 7-11

  4. MacLean’s Triune Brain Concept: In Praise and Appraisal

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 13-27

  5. Toward a New Neurobehavioral Model

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 29-36

  6. The Algorithmic Rules of Reciprocal Behavior

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 37-44

  7. The Conflict Systems Neurobehavioral Model vs. the Maslow Hierarchy

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 45-46

  8. The Reciprocal Algorithms of Behavior and the Norm of Reciprocity

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 47-49

  9. Empathy in Economics: Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 51-54

  10. Rational Choice Theory Contra the Human Mammal

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 55-57

  11. Political Economy: The Reciprocal Brain and the Management and Creation of Scarcity

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 59-65

  12. Institutions, Organizations, and Reciprocity

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 67-72

  13. The New Institutional Economics: Williamson and Transaction Cost Economics

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 73-79

  14. The New Institutional Economics: The Perspective of Douglass North

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 81-87

  15. Do All the Children Have Shoes? The Contrived Nature of Demand and Supply in Economics

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 89-95

  16. The Reciprocal Equation in Behavior, Social, and Economic Exchange: An Interim Summing Up

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 97-100

  17. The Culture Bound Nature of American Economic Theory

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 101-103

  18. Public Choice Theory and Political Science

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 105-109

  19. Conclusion

    • Gerald A. Cory Jr.
    Pages 111-113

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 115-134
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About this book

The present work is an extension of my doctoral thesis done at Stanford in the early 1970s. In one clear sense it responds to the call for consilience by Edward O. Wilson. I agree with Wilson that there is a pressing need in the sciences today for the unification of the social with the natural sciences. I consider the present work to proceed from the perspective of behavioral ecology, specifically a subfield which I choose to call interpersonal behavioral ecology th Ecology, as a general field, has emerged in the last quarter of the 20 century as a major theme of concern as we have become increasingly aware that we must preserve the planet whose limited resources we share with all other earthly creatures. Interpersonal behavioral ecology, however, focuses not on the physical environment, but upon our social environment. It concerns our interpersonal behavioral interactions at all levels, from simple dyadic one-to-one personal interactions to our larger, even global, social, economic, and political interactions. Interpersonal behavioral ecology, as I see it, then, is concerned with our behavior toward each other, from the most obvious behaviors of war between nations, to excessive competition, exploitation, crime, abuse, and even to the ways in which we interact with each other as individuals in the family, in our social lives, in the workplace, and in the marketplace.

Reviews

`... a major contribution to the dialogue on how knowledge of neuroscience can be applied to understanding the functions and effects of economic and social institutions.'
Prof. Daniel S. Levine, University of Texas and past President, International Neural Network Society
`... this will become a classic book.'
Dr. Russell Gardner Jr., Chairman, World Psychiatric Association, Psychotherapy Section
`I consider [his] work to be path-breaking and immensely important. To my knowledge, it has no counterpart in the literature.'
Prof. Kurt Steiner, Stanford University

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Center for Behavioral Ecology, San Jose

    Gerald A. Cory

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Reciprocal Modular Brain in Economics and Politics

  • Book Subtitle: Shaping the Rational and Moral Basis of Organization, Exchange, and Choice

  • Authors: Gerald A. Cory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4747-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46183-5Published: 30 June 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7152-6Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-4747-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 134

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Econometrics, Evolutionary Biology

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