R Paul Shaw, Yuwa Wong

Genetic Seeds of Warfare

Evolution, Nationalism, and Patriotism

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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780367615444
• ISBN-10: 0367615444
• Artikelnr.: 65608893

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.