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Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives

Frank J. Sulloway tests how birth order and family dynamics may shape personality and responses to scientific and political change, while weighing competing explanations.

16 parts, about 41 minutes to read.

At a glance

Author
Frank J. Sulloway
Parts
16 parts
Reading time
about 41 minutes
The whole book
Also to read in full

What the summary covers

  1. Introduction2 min
  2. A radical reading of familiar evidence2 min
  3. Birth order and scientific revolutions3 min
  4. Birth order and personality3 min
  5. Family niches3 min
  6. When a family niche changes3 min
  7. Gender and reform2 min
  8. Temperament changes the expression of a niche2 min
  9. Why exceptions are informative3 min
  10. Attitudes inherited and revised2 min
  11. Revisiting the Darwinian revolution3 min
  12. The Protestant Reformation2 min
  13. Political goals and political methods2 min
  14. The French Revolution3 min
  15. Social and intellectual context3 min
  16. Conclusion: family niches and historical change3 min

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