Publications
Our site is still partially under construction. You can view a full list of Bixby Center publications here.Thurdsay April 16: Read Dr. Potts’ letter to the editor of the Financial Times:
Security and women’s rights cannot be separated
Published: April 16 2009 03:00 From Prof Malcolm Potts.
“Sir, Gideon Rachman (”Lift the veil on our war aims”, April 14) argues that Allied intervention in Afghanistan must be to fight for “US national security”, not women’s rights. But the two cannot be separated. A polygamous society that treats women as slaves can only spiral downwards into an ever greater threat to western security. When I first went to Afghanistan in 1969 there were under 12m people. When I last visited there were twice as many. In 2050 there could be almost 90m, half of whom will be under 25 – uneducated, unemployed, angry and eager to espouse any extreme religious or political teaching. Unless every effort is made to give women autonomy and the freedom to have fewer children (current average almost seven) then our only plausible exit strategy is to throw in the towel tomorrow.”
Malcolm Potts
The following is partial list of publications relating to Sex and War the new book by Bixby Chair Dr. Malcolm Potts
An excerpt of Sex and War by Bixby chair Malcolm Potts and Thomas Hayden and a lengthy author Q&A with Hayden was posted Nov. 22, 2008, on wired.com
Wired journalist Alexis Madrigal says: “…Potts and … Hayden take a wide-ranging look at the many places that biology intersects with war. But the most fascinating parts of the book look at how modern technology has interacted with our Stone Age brains’ risk calculators to produce the brutality and aggression of the world today.”
To read the excerpt, go here: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/sex-and-war-exc.html
To read the Q&A with Hayden, go here: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/qa-how-biology.htm
Malcolm Potts was a guest contributor on The New Security Beat a blog of the Woodrow Wilson Center: http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2008/12/guest-contributor-malcolm-potts-on_22.html
An article on Malcolm Potts and Sex and War in the University of Nevada Las Vegas newspaper: http://unlvrebelyell.com/2009/02/26/asking-why-humans-kill/
Sex and War has been reviewed in the follow print publications
Washington Post review of Sex and War
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030602021.html
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_608676.html
The Toronto Star: The columnist says, “… Sex and War is worth reading, and arguing about.” To read the article, visit: http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/546014
Reviews or mentions of Sex and War have appeared on the following Web sites:
The New Security Beat, Web site of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars:http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2009/02/reading-radar-weekly-roundup_27.html
Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/id/171241
Biology in Science Fiction blog. Read here: http://sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com/2008/12/biology-of-peace.html
Sciencebase: A Web site of science and tech news: http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/science-books-hayfever-and-plectrums.html
Politics, Society & Things blogspot: http://taifaletu.blogspot.com/2009/01/sex-and-war.html
The Population Media Center site: http://www.populationmedia.org/2009/01/10/timely-book-puts-finger-on-terrorist-attacks-in-the-gaza-and-elsewhere/
Red State Feminists blog: http://redstatefeminists.org/blog.html#potts
The Zen of South Park: http://jaysolomon.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/book-review-sex-and-war-by-potts-and-hayden-is-a-fascinating-look-at-the-biological-bases-of-war/
Science magazine’s blog http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/2009/02/the-battle-of-the-sexes.html
MaximNews Network,: http://www.maximsnews.com/news20090214janeorbertsreviewpopulation10902140107.htm
Seed Magazine, seedmagazine.com: http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2008/11/seeds_daily_zeitgeist_11252008.php
The Principal’s Office: http://dao4now.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/how-biology-and-technology-shape-sex-and-war-wired-science-from-wiredcom/
Darwinia.com: http://darwiniana.com/2008/11/23/darwinian-porno/
The Daily Dish blog of Andrew Sullivan on theatlantic.com Web site of The Atlantic,: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/11/the-future-of-w.html
Free Thought Manifesto: http://medc2org.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/sex-and-war/
Radio
Young Turks interview with Sex and War coauthor Tom Hayden, http://youngturks.wmod.llnwd.net/a591/o1/3-3-09Hayden.wmv
