Taxonomic Chauvinism and the Methodologically Challenged

Taxonomic Chauvinism and the Methodologically Challenged

R concern has been raised over the existence of obvious taxonomic biases in contemporary literature on ecology, evolution, and conservation biology (Bonnet et al. 2002, Stein et al. 2002, Clark and May 2002a, 2002b). For example, Bonnet and colleagues (2002) show that that an apparent, albeit subliminal, bias toward homeothermic (endothermic) fauna affords research on these groups greater publi...

Taxonomic Chauvinism Revisited: Insight from Parental Care Research

Parental care (any non-genetic contribution by a parent that appears likely to increase the fitness of its offspring) is a widespread trait exhibited by a broad range of animal taxa. In addition to influencing the fitness of parent(s) and offspring, parental care may be inextricably involved in other evolutionary processes, such as sexual selection and the evolution of endothermy. Yet, recent w...

Cultural Chauvinism in Comparative Law

A Methodologically Oriented Review

Recent SLA theory development, supported by related developments in cognitive psychology, has made the study of SL speech production, hitherto neglected, a promising area of work. Recent developments in L1 production studies have provided a gradually strengthening foundation for investigations of L2 production with both use and acquisitional concerns. This article briefly sketches the current f...

Literature to combat cultural chauvinism

F R O N T L I N E 8 5 HOW should readers and critics approach the idea of “Indian literature” – or, for that matter, “world literature”? This wide-ranging conversation explores that question. It also asks how a genuinely comparative study of the regional traditions in various Indian languages can be conceived. Within the context of these two questions, it delves into more general issues: Can li...