Historical-Dialectical Sociobiology

A critical extension of sociobiology (study of social behavior from an evolutionary perspective) that incorporates dialectical and historical‑materialist insights. It rejects the reduction of human behavior to genetic determinism, instead examining how biological potentials are activated, suppressed, or transformed by historical conditions—class, technology, culture. It also studies how evolutionary narratives have been ideological weapons (e.g., social Darwinism). The approach looks at contradictions between individual and group selection, between reproductive strategies and economic structures, and between evolved tendencies and ethical progress.

Historical-Dialectical Sociobiology Example: “Historical‑dialectical sociobiology doesn’t deny that humans evolved certain inclinations, but it shows how capitalism twists them—for example, turning reciprocal altruism into manipulative networking and aggressive competition into ‘zero‑sum’ thinking.”

Historical-Dialectical Sociobiology by Abzugal May 1, 2026