R. Paul Shaw, Yuwa Wong

Genetic Seeds of Warfare (eBook, ePUB)

Evolution, Nationalism, and Patriotism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Is there some force that impels us toward our own destruction? To explain this central paradox of human behaviour,this title, first published in 1989, advances a new theory. It traces the origins of warfare back to early groups of Homo sapiens in competition for scarce resources, showing that warfare evolved as these groups evolved.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000258950
• Artikelnr.: 60545383

Autorenporträt

R. Paul Shaw and Yuwa Wong

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Why This Study Matters Part 1: Ultimate Evolutionary
Strategies: An Overview 2. Inclusive Fitness and In-Group Amity 3. Groups
as Forces of Selection and Out-Group Enmity Part 2: Emergent Psychological
Strategies: An Overview 4. Epigenesis and Channeled Cognition 5. The
Identification Mechanism - The Critical Linkage Part 3: Reinterpreting the
Empirical Record: An Overview 6. African Coups d'État 7. Nationalism and
Patriotism Part 4: Mobilizing for Action: An Overview 8. On Biases,
Blinders, and Dead Ends 9. The Policy Frontier: Does Peace Have a Chance?
Appendix 1: A Cost-Benefit Framework Applicable to Ethnic Conflict.
Appendix 2: Incest Avoidance and Early Warfare. Bibliography. Author Index.
Subject Index.