The article is a revised version of two contributions made by the authors to the Symposium on Sociobiology and the State held at the College of Wooster. Ohio, on 11 April 1984. The authors view the impact of biologism (and especially sociobiology) on the study of man, politics and international relations as dangerously simplistic. The subject is treated here in the light not merely of the statements made by the recognized authorities of this stream of thought but also by taking into account the assertions made by those who are involved in politics and have adopted the outlook of biologism.
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