The classic opening scene of 2001, A Space Odyssey shows an ape-man wreaking havoc with humanity's first invention--a bone used as a weapon to kill a rival. It's an image that fits well with popular notions of our species as inherently violent, with the idea that humans are--and always have been--warlike by nature. But as Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues in Beyond War , the facts show that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike--and neither are we.
The classic opening scene of 2001, A Space Odyssey shows an ape-man wreaking havoc with humanity's first invention--a bone used as a weapon to kill a rival. It's an image that fits well with popular notions of our species as inherently violent, with the idea that humans are--and always have been--warlike by nature. But as Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues in Beyond War , the facts show that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike--and neither are we.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Douglas P. Fry teaches in the Faculty of Social and Caring Sciences at Åbo Akademi University in Finland and is an adjunct research scientist in the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. A renowned anthropologist and a leading authority on aggression and conflict resolution, he has worked in this field for over twenty-five years and has published many articles and books on this subject.
Inhaltsangabe
* Foreword by Robert M. Sapolsky * Preface * Acknowledgments * 1: - Charting a New Direction * 2: - Do Nonwarring Societies Actually Exist? * 3: Overlooked and Underappreciated: The Human Potential for Peace * 4: Killer Apes, Cannibals, and Coprolites: Projecting Mayhem onto the Past * 5: The Earliest Evidence of War * 6: War and Social Organization: From Nomadic Bands to Modern States * 7: Seeking Justice: The Quest for Fairness * 8: Man the Warrior: Fact or Fantasy? * 9: Insights from the Outback: Geneva Conventions in the Australian Bush * 10: Void if Detached from Reality: Australian "Warriors," Yanomamö Unokais, and Lethal Raiding Psychology * 11: Returning to the Evidence: Life in the Band * 12: Darwin Got It Right: Sex Differences in Aggression * 13: A New Evolutionary Perspective: The Nomadic Forager Model * 14: Setting the Record Straight * 15: A Macroscopic Anthropological View * 16: Enhancing Peace * Appendix 1: Organizations to Contact * Appendix 2: Nonwarring Societies * Notes * Suggested Reading * Index
* Foreword by Robert M. Sapolsky * Preface * Acknowledgments * 1: - Charting a New Direction * 2: - Do Nonwarring Societies Actually Exist? * 3: Overlooked and Underappreciated: The Human Potential for Peace * 4: Killer Apes, Cannibals, and Coprolites: Projecting Mayhem onto the Past * 5: The Earliest Evidence of War * 6: War and Social Organization: From Nomadic Bands to Modern States * 7: Seeking Justice: The Quest for Fairness * 8: Man the Warrior: Fact or Fantasy? * 9: Insights from the Outback: Geneva Conventions in the Australian Bush * 10: Void if Detached from Reality: Australian "Warriors," Yanomamö Unokais, and Lethal Raiding Psychology * 11: Returning to the Evidence: Life in the Band * 12: Darwin Got It Right: Sex Differences in Aggression * 13: A New Evolutionary Perspective: The Nomadic Forager Model * 14: Setting the Record Straight * 15: A Macroscopic Anthropological View * 16: Enhancing Peace * Appendix 1: Organizations to Contact * Appendix 2: Nonwarring Societies * Notes * Suggested Reading * Index
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