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GENETICSSOCIOLOGYPHILOSOPHYEDUCATIONChallengingGeneticDeterminismNewPerspectivesontheGeneinItsMultipleEnvironmentsEditedbyLouisMaheuandRoderickA.MacdonaldCompellingessaysonunderstandingtheinterplayofgenesinsociety.DemocracyandtheIntersectionofReligionandTraditionsTheReadingofJohnDeweyx19sUnderstandingofDemocracyandEducationRosaBruno-JofrJamesScottJohnstonGonzaloJoverandDanielTrhlerAninnovativeapproachtothewaysinwhichamajorphiliosopherx19sideashavebeenconfiguredandincorporatedindifferentcountriesandcontexts.SPECIFICATIONSFebruary2011978-0-7735-3813-932.95ACDN32.95AUS25.99paper978-0-7735-3780-495.00SCDN95.00SUS74.00cloth6x9328pp3tables17diagrams3photosSPECIFICATIONSDecember2010978-0-7735-3785-929.95ACDN29.95AUS22.99paper978-0-7735-3784-275.00SCDN75.00SUS58.00cloth6x9176ppAdvancesingeneticresearchhavecapturedtheattentionofthemediaandthepublicthroughreportsaboutgeneticallycauseddiseasesandbehaviours.Howeveralltoooftenthecoverageofscientistsx19innovationshasimpliedthatgeneticfactorsaloneareresponsibleforeffectsrangingfrompersonalityandsexualpreferencestomorbidobesityandintellectualdisabilities.ChallengingGeneticDeterminismarguesthathypothesescannotbebasedsolelyongeneticfactorsbutmusttakeintoaccountthecontextinwhichthesefactorsoccur.Reviewingacenturyofdevelopmentsinunderstandingtheinterplayofgenesandenvironmentscontributorsdemonstratetheimportanceofconsideringcontextualin5uencesaswellasgeneticfactorsandprovideacomprehensivemethodforunder-standingrecentresearch4ndings.Thecompellingnew4ndingspresentedbyvariouscontributorshighlighthowpersonalitytraitscomplexdiseasesandbehavioursandsocialandethicalissuesareallrelatedtotheinteractionofgenesandtheenvironment.Foracompletelistofcontributorsvisitwww.mqup.caLouisMaheuisanemeritusprofessorofsociologyatUniversitdeMontral.RoderickA.MacdonaldisF.R.ScottProfessorofConstitutionalandPublicLawatMcGillUniversity.Howareideasabouteducationanddemocracycon4guredandrecon4guredastheytravelDemocracyandtheIntersectionofReligionandTraditionslooksattheworkofJohnDeweytherenownedphilosopherpsychologistandeducationalreformerandthewaysinwhichhiseducationalideasanddemocraticidealshavebeencon4guredandrecon4guredadoptedandinterpretedindifferenthistoricalandculturalspaces.UsingcasestudiesofChinaSpainandtheAmericanInterdenominationalCommitteeonCooperationinLatinAmericaauthorsexplorethewaysinwhicheachalternativereadingofDeweyx19sideaswasnestedintheregionallydominantideologiesthatprecededthearrivalofhisworkandshowthatinterpretationsofhisworkdevelopeddifferentlyineachsettingasameansofadaptingtolocalneeds.DemocracyandtheIntersectionofReligionandTraditionschallengesustothinkinnewwaysabouthowideasarecon4guredinhistoricalcontextsandhowtheirinterpretationismediatedbyspeci4cbeliefsandhistoricalcircumstances.RosaBruno-JofrisaprofessorintheFacultyofEducationatQueenx19sUniversity.JamesScottJohnstonisanassociateprofessorintheFacultyofEducationatQueenx19sUniversity.GonzaloJoverisaprofessorintheDepartmentofEducationalTheoryandHistoryofEducationattheComplutenseUniversityinMadrid.DanielTrhlerisaprofessorineducationalsciencesanddirectoroftheresearchunitonlanguageculturemediaandidentitiesattheUniversityofLuxembourg.