What are humanity's biological origins? What are the mechanisms,
including culture, that continue to drive it? What is the history
that has allowed it to evolve over time? And what are its
functions--how does it survive and thrive by exploiting the
features that define it as a species? These are the four questions
of the Tinbergen Method for explaining animal behaviour, developed
by the Nobel Prizewinning Dutch ethologist Niko Tinbergen. This
book contends that applying this method to war--which is unique to
humans--can help us better understand why conflict is so resilient.
Christopher Coker explores these four questions of our past and
present, and looks at our post-human future, assessing how far
scientific advances in gene-editing, robotics and AI systems will
de-centre human agency. He concludes that we won't witness war's
end until it has exhausted its evolutionary possibilities--meaning
that, well into the future, war is likely to remain what Thucydides
first called it: 'the human thing'. From the Ancients to Artificial
Intelligence, Why War? is an exhilarating tour d'horizon of
humankind's propensity to warfare and its behavioural
underpinnings, offering new ways of thinking about our species'
unique and deadly preoccupation.
General
Imprint: |
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2021 |
Authors: |
Christopher Coker
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Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78738-389-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-78738-389-X |
Barcode: |
9781787383890 |
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