Warlike and Peaceful Societies : The Interaction of Genes and Culture
Are humans violent or peaceful by nature? We are both. In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Agner Fog presents a ground-breaking new argument that explains the existence of differently organised societies using evolutionary theory. It combines natural sciences and social sciences in a way that i...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Cambridge :
Open Book Publishers
2018.
Marseille : OpenEdition |
| Accés en línia: | Ressource accessible en libre accès Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM ; Accès complet au document dans sa version HTML. Pas d'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub). |
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Description d'après la consultation, 2018-11-14 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 356 pages OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Warlike and Peaceful Societies, Texte imprimé, Cambridge, Open Book Publishers, 2017 |
| Sumari: | Are humans violent or peaceful by nature? We are both. In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Agner Fog presents a ground-breaking new argument that explains the existence of differently organised societies using evolutionary theory. It combines natural sciences and social sciences in a way that is rarely seen. According to a concept called regality theory, people show a preference for authoritarianism and strong leadership in times of war or collective danger, but desire egalitarian political systems in times of peace and safety. These individual impulses shape the way societies develop and organise themselves, and in this book Agner argues that there is an evolutionary mechanism behind this flexible psychology. Incorporating a wide range of ideas including evolutionary theory, game theory, and ecological theory, Agner analyses the conditions that make us either strident or docile. He tests this theory on data from contemporary and ancient societies, and provides a detailed explanation of the applications of regality theory to issues of war and peace, the rise and fall of empires, the mass media, economic instability, ecological crisis, and much more. Warlike and Peaceful Societies draws on many different fields of both the social sciences and the natural sciences. It will be of interest to academics and students in these fields, including anthropology, political science, history, conflict and peace research, social psychology, and more, as well as the natural sciences, including human biology, human evolution, and ecology |
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| Descripció de l’ítem: | Description d'après la consultation, 2018-11-14 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 356 pages OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
| Format: | Navigateur Web |
| Bibliografia: | Bibliogr. |
| ISBN: | 9791036500817 |
| Accés: | L'accès complet au document est ouvert à tous dans sa version HTML. L'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub) est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition. |