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War, Peace, and Human Nature - The Convergence of Evolutionary and Cultural Views (Hardcover)
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War, Peace, and Human Nature - The Convergence of Evolutionary and Cultural Views (Hardcover)
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Have humans always waged war? Is warring an ancient evolutionary
adaptation or a relatively recent behavior-and what does that tell
us about human nature? In War, Peace, and Human Nature, editor
Douglas P. Fry brings together leading experts in evolutionary
biology, archaeology, anthropology, and primatology to answer
fundamental questions about peace, conflict, and human nature in an
evolutionary context. The essays in this book demonstrate that
humans clearly have the capacity to make war, but since war is
absent in some cultures, it cannot be viewed as a human universal.
And the archaeological record reveals the recent emergence of war.
It does not typify the ancestral type of human society, the nomadic
forager band, and contrary to widespread assumptions, there is
little support for the idea that war is ancient or an evolved
adaptation. This book shows that views of human nature as
inherently warlike stem not from the facts but from cultural views
embedded in Western ways of thinking. Drawing upon evolutionary and
ecological models; the archaeological record of the origins of war;
nomadic forager societies past and present; the value and
limitations of primate analogies; and the evolution of agonism and
restraint; the essays in this interdisciplinary volume refute many
popular generalizations and effectively bring scientific
objectivity to the culturally and historically controversial
subjects of war, peace, and human nature. 'This encyclopedic
collection of excellent, wide-ranging, and myth-busting essays by
renowned scholars should be required reading for anyone interested
in how we came to be who we are and the future of humankind. A
much-needed paradigm shift is in the making because of the
increased recognition that we are not inherently destructive and
competitive beings. This remarkable book will facilitate this
transition as we expand our compassion footprint and give peace the
chance it deserves. Cooperation, empathy, and peace will prevail if
we allow them to.' - Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of
Animals, Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals, and The Animal
Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint
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