Homicide: Foundations of Human Behavior

ISBN-13: 9781138525207 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 342 str.

Martin Daly; Margo Wilson

Opis

Martin Daly and Margo Wilson apply contemporary evolutionary theory to analysis of human motives and perceptions of self-interest, considering where and why individual interests conflict, using well-documented murder cases. This book attempts to understand normal social motives in murder as products of the process of evolution by natural selection.

Spis treści

Preface, Acknowledgments, 1. Homicide and Human Nature, 2. Killing Kinfolks, 3. Killing Children: I. Infanticide in the Ethnographic Record, 4. Killing Children: II. Parental Homicide in the Modern West, 5. Parricide: Killing Parents, 6. Altercations and Honor, 7. Why Men and Not Women?, 8. The Logic of Same-Sex Conflict, 9. Till Death Us Do Part, 10. Retaliation and Revenge, 11. Calling the Killers to Account, 12. On Cultural Variation, Summary and Concluding Comments, References, Index

O autorze

Martin Daly, Margo Wilson