Gadagkar, R (2006) Exporting Metaphors, Concepts and Methods from the Natural Sciences to the Social Sciences and vice versa. [Book Chapter]
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Abstract
How could a biologist react to Jeffrey Nugent’s excellent chapter in this volume? Since I have studied insect societies it should come as no surprise that I will be looking for parallels, real or apparent, in the world of social insects. Relative to our understanding of human economic institutions, our understanding of insect societies is woefully inadequate. But the little that we do know about them convinces me that there are fascinating parallels waiting to be explored to the mutual benefit of insect sociology and human economics. Let me briefly describe three of the many possible examples.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Keywords: | Natural sciences, Social sciences, Insect societies, Human economics, Insect sociology |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2021 11:19 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2021 11:19 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/68350 |
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