Genetic Seeds of Warfare: Evolution, Nationalism, and Patriotism: Routledge Library Editions: Security and Society
Autor R. Paul Shaw, Yuwa Wongen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 noi 2022
To explain this central paradox of human behaviour, Genetic Seeds of Warfare, originally published in 1989, advances a startling 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: kin-group against kin-group; tribe against tribe; nation against nation. Rather than being tied to a specific gene, warfare emerged as one of many behavioural strategies for maximising genetic survival. As social groups became more complex, motivations for warfare developed from simple protection of blood relations to political appeals to shared ethnicity, religion, and national identity. But the ultimate cause of warfare is rooted in the most basic of human drives: the need to ensure that one’s genes will survive and reproduce.
The authors challenge many assumptions about human behaviour in general, and warfare in particular. They convincingly present the case for an evolutionary understanding of the propensity for warfare, supporting their argument with data from a vast array of social and natural science research. In doing so, they reveal why previous attempts at ending war have failed, and make proactive suggestions toward the development of a new agenda for world peace.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780367615444
ISBN-10: 0367615444
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Library Editions: Security and Society
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0367615444
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Library Editions: Security and Society
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Postgraduate, Professional, and UndergraduateCuprins
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.
Descriere
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.