Sleigh, Charlotte

Six Legs Better - A Cultural History of Myrmecology

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 PART I PSYCHOLOGICAL ANTS 21 1 Evolutionary Myrmecology and the Natural History of the Human Mind 23 2 A (Non-)Disciplinary Context for Evolutionary Myrmecology 38 PART II SOCIOLOGICAL ANTS 63 3 From Psychology to Sociology 65 4 The Brave New World of Myrmecology 82 5 The Generic Contexts of Natural History 96 6 Writing Elite Natural History 119 7 Ants in the Library: An Interlude 139 PART III COMMUNICATIONAL ANTS 163 8 The Macy Meanings of Meaning 167 9 From Pheromones to Sociobiology 190 Conclusion 219 Notes 231 Essay on Sources 287 Index 295