?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=TOWARD+THE+ANTHEAP%2C+THE+DRUGGED+SOCIETY+OR%3F&rft.creator=Allott%2C+Robin&rft.subject=Sociobiology&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Behavioral+Biology&rft.description=Though+evolution+has+no+purpose%2C+it+may+be+legitimate+to+speculate+about+the+direction+and+plausible+consequences+of+technological+and+other+developments+and+trends+in+social+organization.+Human+societies+are+in+implicit+competition+with+each+other%3B+each+society+aims+to+survive%2C+to+prosper%2C+to+achieve+stability+and+order+for+the+members+of+the+national+group.+Each+society+does+this+in+the+environment+created+by+the+existence+of+other+similar+societies.+Because+human+individuals+are+conscious+not+only+of+their+own+selves+but+also+of+the+selves+of+others%2C+because+the+shared+communication+through+language+of+members+of+the+group+makes+possible+the+moulding+of+each+individual's+behaviour+and+attitudes+and+the+transmission+of+structures+of+ideas+about+the+society+of+which+they+form+part%2C+what+is+rejected+as+implausible+for+thoughtless+and+language-less+creatures+has+to+be+considered+for+human+communities%3A+the+reality+of+a+process+of+group+selection.+Due+to+technological+progress%2C+radical+changes+affecting+the+most+basic+evolutionary+forces+are+taking+place%3A+the+continual+refinement+of+contraceptive+techniques%2C+the+use+of+chemicals+to+manipulate+brains+and+behaviour%2C+the+ability+directly+to+manipulate+genetic+structures.+In+the+case+of+other+species%2C+particularly+the+social+insects%2C+evolution+has+produced+very+specific+group+structures+depending+on+specialised+systems+of+communication+(biochemical+and+behavioural)+and+on+changes+in+the+genetic+organisation+of+the+group.+Where+may+the+new+developments+in+human+society+lead%3F+Which+new+or+changed+societal+structures+will+achieve+fitness+both+at+the+group+level+and+in+terms+of+the+relative+fitness+of+the+succession+of+individuals+composing+the+group%3F+We+need+a+sociobiology+of+human+societies+to+complement+the+sociobiology+of+the+human+individual.+&rft.publisher=JAI+Press+Inc.&rft.contributor=Falger%2C+Vincent+S.E.&rft.contributor=Meyer%2C+Peter&rft.contributor=van+Der+Dennen%2C+Johann+M.G.&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3133%2F1%2Fantheap.htm&rft.identifier=++Allott%2C+Robin++(1998)+TOWARD+THE+ANTHEAP%2C+THE+DRUGGED+SOCIETY+OR%3F++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3133%2F