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Population Wars - A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence (Paperback)
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Population Wars - A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence (Paperback)
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List price R522
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Discovery Miles 4 370
You Save R85 (16%)
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From the very beginning, life on Earth has been defined by war.
Today those first wars continue to be fought around and inside us,
influencing our individual behaviour and that of civilisation as a
whole. War between populations - whether between different species
or between rival groups of humans is seen as an inevitable part of
the evolutionary process. The popular concept of survival of the
fittest explains and often excuses these actions. In Population
Wars, Greg Graffin points to where the mainstream view of
evolutionary theory has led us astray. That misunderstanding has
allowed us to justify wars on every level, whether against
bacterial colonies or human societies, even when other, less
violent solutions may be available. Through tales of mass
extinctions, developing immune systems, human warfare, the American
industrial heartland, and our degrading modern environment, Graffin
demonstrates how an oversimplified idea of war, with its victorious
winners and vanquished losers, prevents us from responding to the
real problems we face. Along the way, Graffin reveals a paradox:
When we challenge conventional definitions of war, we are left with
a new problem - how to define ourselves. Population Wars is a
paradigm-shifting book about why humans behave the way they do and
the ancient history that explains that behaviour. In reading it,
you'll see why we need to rethink the reasons for war, not only the
human military kind but also Darwin's "war of nature," and find
hope for a less violent future for mankind.
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