Merkzettel Warenkorb
Produktbild: For Whose Benefit?

For Whose Benefit? The Biological and Cultural Evolution of Human Cooperation

134,99 €

inkl. gesetzl. MwSt., Versandkostenfrei

Lieferung nach Hause

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

21.07.2018

Abbildungen

VIII, 1 illus., schwarz-weiss Illustrationen

Verlag

Springer

Seitenzahl

172

Maße (L/B/H)

23,5/15,5/1,1 cm

Gewicht

283 g

Auflage

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-3-319-84510-4

Beschreibung

Rezension

“For whose benefit? provides insights on human evolution and evolutionary biology. After reading this book, the reader will acquire a vast and general information about evolution. The audience of this book includes general readers or students interested in biology, evolution and basics of cooperation. … the book is an active evaluative discussion of the related ideas and concepts.” (Farid Pazhoohi, Evolutionary Psychological Science, Vol. (04), 2018)

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

21.07.2018

Abbildungen

VIII, 1 illus., schwarz-weiss Illustrationen

Verlag

Springer

Seitenzahl

172

Maße (L/B/H)

23,5/15,5/1,1 cm

Gewicht

283 g

Auflage

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-3-319-84510-4

Herstelleradresse

Springer-Verlag KG
Sachsenplatz 4-6
1201 Wien
AT

Email: GPSR Kontakt

Noch keine Bewertungen vorhanden

Verfassen Sie die erste Bewertung zu diesem Artikel

Helfen Sie anderen Kundinnen und Kunden durch Ihre Meinung.

Kundinnen und Kunden meinen

Bewertungen (0)
  • Produktbild: For Whose Benefit?
  • The Human Puzzle The breakdown of self Cooperation and life Life Your physical self Genes Simple cells - prokaryotes 17 More complex cells – eukaryotes 18 Multi-cellularity 20 Mobile eco-systems 24 Your psychological self 27 A soulless existence 29 Majority rule 31 Surely there is something more? 31 Easily explicable cooperation and natural selection 35 Mutual gain 36 Natural selection 38 Proximate and ultimate explanations 41 Group selection 42 Behavioral genetics 43 Family 46 Warning calls 50 Eusociality – ants, wasps and bees 51 A challenge 54 Eusociality – termites and naked mole rats 57 Kin selection in humans 58 Friends 61 The prisoners’ dilemma 61 Examples from the animal world? 65 The social brain 69 Other possible genetic explanations of cooperation 71 We are not them: about our closest relatives 73 Reciprocity in humans 75 Humanity – the paragon of cooperation? 78 Games of cooperation 81 A huge mistake? 83 Cultural group selection 85 Nature or nurture 86 Cultural explanations for extreme cooperation 89 Language 95 The structure of human language 98 The evolution of language 99 The green beards of language 102 The second replicator 105 The last piece of the puzzle? – Cooperation over our heads 108< A slow history 111 Cultural evolution 116 Cultural evolutionary explanations of cooperation 125 Networks 127 The software 130 Epilogue: The human super organism 133 Characteristics of synergistic cooperation 136 How to harness idea collectives 137 References 140 Notes 148