Books by David Loye

Evolution/ Science/ Darwin/ Biography Powerfully contradicting the stereotype of "survival of the fittest" and "selfish gene" Darwinism, this is the new third edition of pioneering evolutionary scientist David LoyeΓÇÖs acclaimed reconstruction of DarwinΓÇÖs long ignored "fully humanΓÇ¥ completion for his theory of evolution. It shows how in page after page of DarwinΓÇÖs own original writing, Darwin makes the case for the primacy of love, moral sensitivity, mutual aid, and education as higher order drivers for human evolution. The new edition has been revised and updated with indexes tailored to the needs of an exceptionally wide range of readersΓÇöphilosophers, theologians, teachers and students in all fields, as well as scientists and general readers looking for ΓÇ£an extremely important book with an easy and engaging style.ΓÇ¥ In Part I: A Young Man''s Bold Vision, we get to know Darwin in the critical months during which, in long unpublished private notebooks, he first wrote of what became the first part of his theory of evolution, for which he became famous, but also the revolutionary and still largely ignored completion for his theory. In Part II: An Old Man''s Surprises, it''s 30 years later. We follow Darwin as he writes of how, rather than being slaves of ΓÇ£original sinΓÇ¥ or innately brutal, far more often than weΓÇÖre aware, weΓÇÖre driven by moral sensitivity. Of how, though selfish, we are also driven by love to transcend selfishness. Of how, though fiercely motivated to survive and prevail, weΓÇÖre also driven by a transcendent need to respect and care for the needs of others. Corroborated by scores of new studies, endorsed up front by leading American and European scientists, DarwinΓÇÖs Lost Theory shows how recognition of DarwinΓÇÖs moral-action completion for his theory could have changed the 20th century for the betterΓÇöand can still help us save the 21st.Internationally known for his contribution to the development of the new field of evolutionary systems science, David Loye is the award-winning author and editor of six books on Darwin and evolution. New editions for DarwinΓÇÖs Lost Theory and Darwin in Love pave the way for LoyeΓÇÖs forthcoming trilogy Darwin and the Battle for Human Survival (see www.davidloye.com).Cover by John MasonProduction: Cassandra Gallup BridgeBack cover photo: Don Eddy

    Hailed as a breakthrough in 12 pages of pre-publication reviews by leading evolutionary thinkers, a new book is being rushed into print for impact in the wake of both the honoring and the dishonoring of Darwin’s 209th birthday on February 12.    Rediscovering Darwin: The Rest of Darwin’s Theory and Why We Need it Today weaves  three gripping stories into a compelling single account. First a new perspective on  the startling discovery of the long-buried rest of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Then the mystery of how and why it was lost for over 100 years.  And now—in the sharp contrast between the recovered rest of Darwin and the worst of Trump and friends—the urgent need for an update in theory and social action.    Haunting in similarity to the threat of nuclear annihilation we face today, Rediscovering Darwin opens during the tension of the Cold War.  With the mindset of “survival of the fittest” driving the U.S. and Russia toward nuclear oblivion, a handful of scientists from both sides meet secretly in Budapest.     Psychologist and evolutionary systems scientist David Loye—there from the U.S. side, and author of this book—takes us into the still little known story of how,  in a world desperate for order out of chaos, they decided to see if they could use chaos theory to replace “survival of the fittest” with a better theory of evolution.      In haunting contrast to what became the Darwin of “survival of the fittest,”“selfish genes,” and now the manic rampage of “winners versus losers,” an internationally expanding advance research group found five factors to “speed the evolution of our species”  in the”lost” rest of Darwin’s theory.  The five were and are:    Darwin’s long-ignored higher-order understanding of sex.   His scientifically pioneering exploration of the fundamental drive of love.  Same for the global bond of community.  How in tune with Jesus in religion and Immanuel Kant in philosophy—  calling selfishness a “base principle” accounting for “the low morality of savages”— he capped his theory with the drive of the moral sense as primary in evolution.  Here too was and is the shock of Darwin’s long-ignored case for spirituality and the place and function of the positive teachings of religion in evolution.   Even the surprise of how, in what he wrote of “the morality of women,” Darwin became a cautious forerunner of male support for the women’s movement.    Stage by stage, Rediscovering Darwin shows how, beginning in the 19th century then spanning the 20th into the 21st century, the rest of Darwin was wiped off the slate of history— but is now being reclaimed by a rising alliance of scientists and social activists.    In vivid portraits in this book one can meet— and get to know and join —Darwin’s new heirs and heiresses opening the way to a better future for our battered species and planet.

The overriding challenge for our species during the 21st century, many believe, will be that of evolving.or becoming extinct. Can the theory of evolution be expanded into a source of guidance that could help our species save itself? This collection brings together the thinking of scholars in a wide range of fields in social as well as natural science directed to this end.Moving beyond a critique of neo-Darwinism and sociobiology to explore the action implications of new theory-including Loye's reconstruction of the long ignored full vision of Charles Darwin and Laszlo's new QVI fifth field theory-essays explore the potential for the impact of self-organizing and self-regulating organism, of the biology of love, and the moral directional thrust of the human, as revealed in new discoveries in the fields of biology, psychology, brain research, sociology, economics, history, cultural evolution, and Darwinian re-evaluation. As such, the collection will be of interest to the educational community, the futurist community, and the more general global foresight community of concerned people.