1. Human Nature: Bibliography
General Resources
Palmer, Donald. Visions of Human Nature: An Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Pojman, Louis P. Who Are We?: Theories of Human Nature. New York: Oxford UP, 2005.
Stevenson, Leslie.The Study of Human Nature: A Reader. New York: Oxford UP, 1999.
Web
http://www.human-nature.com/
An extensive collection of articles on various approaches to the study of human nature from the journal Human Nature Review
http://www.thegreatdebate.org.uk/GDBlankPage.html
A collection of articles and book references relating to the “Great Blank Slate Debate” about human nature
(IMAGE) The Shaft of the Dead Man
Aujoulat, Norbert. Lascaux: Movement, Space and Time. New York: Abrams, 2005.
Heyd, Thomas, and John Clegg, eds. Aesthetics and Rock Art. Aldershot, Eng., and Burlington: Ashgate, 2005.Web
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/
The French government’s official Lascaux cave site, in Englishhttp://www.showcaves.com/english
/fr/showcaves/Lascaux.html
A site that briefly presents recent history of the Lascaux cave and the construction of Lascaux II
From Maitrâyana-Brâhmana-Upanishad
Chari, M. Srinivasa, and K. T. Pandurangi. The Philosophy of the Upanishads. New Delhi:
Munshirm Manoharlal, 2002.Kupperman, Joel. Classic Asian Philosophy: A Guide to the Essential Texts. New York: Oxford
UP,2001.Web
http://www.celextel.org/108upanishads/maitrayani.html
A translation of the entire Maitrâyana-Brâhmana-Upanishadhttp://hinduwebsite.com/upaindex.asp
A site that includes useful links related to the Upanishads, including translations and background
Mencius: from the Mencius
Kwong-Loi Shun. Mencius and Early Chinese Thought.Palo Alto: Stanford UP, 1997.
Richards, I. A. Mencius on the Mind: Experiments in Multiple Definition. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1932.Web
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mencius/
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry for Menciushttp://www.san.beck.org/EC14-Confucian.html
A discussion of Mencius and Confucianism
Hsün Tzu: “Man’s Nature Is Evil”
Creel, Herrlee Glessner.Chinese Thought, from Confucius to Mao Tse-Tung.Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1951.
Cua, Antonio S. A Study in Hsün Tzu’s Moral Epistemology. Honolulu: U of Hawaii P, 1985.
Hagen, Curtis. The Philosophy of Xunzi: A Reconstruction. Chicago: Open Court, 2006.
Web
http://www.cyberspacei.com/jesusi/inlight/
philosophy/chinese/confucius/xunzi.htm
A summary of Hsün Tzu’s life and work within the context of Confucianismhttp://www.iep.utm.edu/x/xunzi.htm
An Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article that summarizes Hsün Tzu’s
beliefs
(IMAGE) Giotto di Bondone: Madonna with Child
Eimerl, Sarel. The World of Giotto. London: Little Brown, 1967.
Jones, Lois. Madonna and Child: The Development
of Christian Symbolism. Book and video. Swan Jones, 1992.Web
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/giotto
A brief online biography of Giottohttp://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/
gg1/gg1-400.0.html
The National Gallery of Art’s commentary on the painting, with detail shots
Thomas Hobbes: from Leviathan
Shapin, Steven, and Simon Schaffer. Leviathan and the Air-Pump. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1989.
Strauss, Leo. The Political Philosophy of Hobbes: Its Basis and Its Genesis. Oxford, Eng.: Clarendon, 1936.Thornton, Helen. State of Nature or Eden? Thomas Hobbes and
His Contemporaries on
the Natural Condition of Human Beings. Oxford, Eng.: Clarendon, 2005.Web
http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/3x.htm
A summary of Leviathan with links to definitions of difficult terminologyhttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry for Hobbes
Sigmund Freud: “The Dependent Relationship of the Ego”
Dilman, Ilham, and Gilham Dilman. Freud and Human Nature. Oxford, Eng.: Blackwell, 1985.
Gay, Peter. The Freud Reader. New York: Norton, 1995.
Storr, Anthony. Freud: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford UP, 2001.Web
http://www.iep.utm.edu/f/freud.htm
An Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article that includes a brief bibliography of Freud and summaries of his major theorieshttp://peace.saumag.edu/faculty/Kardas
/Courses/GPWeiten/C12Personality/EgoIDSuper.html
An explanation of the id, the ego, and the superego
(IMAGE) Igbo Mother and Child
Achebe, Chinua. “The Igbo World and Its Art.” Hopes and Impediments: Selected
Essays. New York: Anchor, 1990. 62-67.Cole, Herbert C., and Chike C. Cole. Aniakor Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos. Los Angeles:
UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1984.Ottenberg, Simon. Igbo Art and Culture and other Essays. Lawrenceville: Africa World, 2005.
Web
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/oracle/figures41.html
A page devoted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibithttp://www.hamillgallery.com/IGBO/IgboArt.html
Images and descriptions of Igbo art and culture
Ruth Benedict: “The Individual and the Pattern of Culture”
Mead, Margaret. Ruth Benedict. New York: Columbia UP, 1974.
Modell, Judith Schachter. Ruth Benedict:
Patterns of a Life. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania, 1983.Web
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/ruthbenedict.html
A detailed online biography of Benedicthttp://www.nndb.com/people/786/000097495
An online biography that focuses on the impact of Benedict’s work on the whole of anthropology
Simone de Beauvoir: from The Ethics of Ambiguity
Okley, Judith. Simone de Beauvoir. New York: Pantheon, 1986.
Olsen, Robert G. An Introduction to Existentialism. New York: Dover, 1962.
Web
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/beauvoir.htm#SH2b
An accessible summary of The Ethics of Ambiguityhttp://www.tameri.com/csw/exist
The Existential Primer, a beginner’s guide to existentialismhttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existentialism
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry for existentialism