Hierarchy in the forest : the evolution of egalitarian behavior /

"Are humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest addresses this question by examining the evolutionary origins of social and political behavior. Christopher Boehm, an anthropologist whose fieldwork has focused on the political arrangements of human and nonhuman primate...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boehm, Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Temas:
Human evolution.
Social evolution.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Primates > Evolution.
Social evolution in animals.
Political anthropology.
Cultural Evolution
Êtres humains > Évolution.
Évolution sociale.
Chasseurs-cueilleurs.
Primates > Évolution.
Évolution sociale chez les animaux.
Anthropologie politique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Human evolution
Hunting and gathering societies
Political anthropology
Primates > Evolution
Social evolution
Social evolution in animals
Sociale evolutie.
Sociale ongelijkheid.
Sociale gelijkheid.
Politieke aspecten.
Primaten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • The Question of Egalitarian Society
  • Hierarchy and Equality
  • Putting Down Aggressors
  • Equality and Its Causes
  • A Wider View of Egalitarianism
  • The Hominoid Political Spectrum
  • Ancestral Politics
  • The Evolution of Egalitarian Society
  • Paleolithic Politics and Natural Selection
  • Ambivalence and Compromise in Human Nature
  • References
  • Index

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