tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post7526935935237522175..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Does the Variability of Hunter-Gatherer Societies Deny Human Nature? A Response to Robert KellyLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-28487458105743406082016-09-28T13:18:47.062+01:002016-09-28T13:18:47.062+01:00Recently, I ran across this in Jonathan Haidt'...Recently, I ran across this in Jonathan Haidt's <i>The Happiness Hypothesis</i>,<br /><br />"In some corners of universities, the professors tell their students that romantic love is a social construction, invented by the French troubadours of the twelfth century with their stories of chivalry, idealization of women, and the uplifting ache of unconsummated desire. It's certainly true that cultures create their own understandings of psychological phenomena, but many of those phenomena will occur regardless of what people think about them. (For example, death is socially constructed by every culture, but bodies die without consulting those constructions.) ..." (p. 123)Roger Sweenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734128265493099062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-31906327044162020262016-09-24T00:59:55.481+01:002016-09-24T00:59:55.481+01:00I would add Maslow's basic needs as universal,...I would add Maslow's basic needs as universal, both his lower and higher ones. I think the variations in observed behavior are to a great extend different means of these needs. <br /><br />Incidently, Maslow was well aware of cultural variation, and in fact he studied anthropology under Ruth Benedict. I also have read that he was considerably influenced by Aristotle. <br /><br />--Les BrunswickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com