Genetic Seeds of Warfare: Evolution, Nationalism, and Patriotism

ISBN-13: 9780367615444 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 284 str.

Yuwa Wong

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.