几世纪来人们屡次试图用生物学理论或生物学的譬喻去解释政治行为,如霍布斯所写的《利维坦》.到本世纪二十和三十年代,产生了一种相反的看法.许多社会科学家在人与其他动物之间划了一条严格界线,认为其他动物的行为大都是由本能决定的,而人的行为则几乎都是从学习得到的,与生物遗传很少牵连.华特逊一派行为主义者则模糊 For centuries people have repeatedly tried to explain political behavior, such as Leviathan, written by Hobbes, using biological theories or biological metaphors. By the turn of the twenties and thirties of the century there was a contrary view Many social scientists draw a strict line between man and other animals, believing that the behavior of other animals is largely determined by instincts, and that human behavior is almost always learned and rarely linked to biological heritage. Tesson factional activists are vague