Beyond war : the human potential for peace /

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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 hav...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fry, Douglas P., 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford, 2007.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
Temas:
War.
Warfare, Prehistoric.
Peace > Social aspects.
Ethnology.
Conflict management > Social aspects.
Guerre.
Guerre préhistorique.
Paix > Aspect social.
Ethnologie.
Gestion des conflits > Aspect social.
armed conflicts.
wars.
social anthropology.
ethnology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Peace.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Charting a new direction
  • Do nonwarring societies actually exist?
  • Overlooked and underappreciated : the human potential for peace
  • Killer apes, cannibals, and coprolites : projecting mayhem onto the past
  • The earliest evidence of war
  • War and social organization : from Nomadic bands to modern states
  • Seeking justices : the quest for fairness
  • Man the warrior : fact or fantasy?
  • Insights from the Outback : Geneva Conventions in the Australian bush
  • Void if detached ... from reality : Australian "warriors," Yanomamö unokais, and lethal raiding psychology
  • Returning to the evidence : life in the band
  • Darwin got it right : sex differences in aggression
  • A new evolutionary perspective : the Nomadic forager model
  • Setting the record straight
  • A macroscopic anthropological view
  • Enhancing peace.

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