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Zusatztext Douglas Fry has produced another pioneering book of the highest quality and relevance. A distinguished international and interdisciplinary group of authors address the elusive concept of human nature in relation to war and peace rigorously marshalling clear reason and hard data. Together they systematically and effectively critique the Western cultural myth of the natural inevitability of war while also demonstrating that peace rather than war is ubiquitous. Moreover, practical ways are revealed for creating a more secure and peaceful world."-Leslie E. Sponsel, author of Spiritual Ecology: A Quiet Revolution Informationen zum Autor Douglas P. Fry, Ph.D., is Director of Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research at Åbo Akademi University in Vasa, Finland and an adjunct research scientist in the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Fry is author of Beyond War (2007, Oxford) and The Human Potential for Peace (2006, Oxford). Klappentext In War, Peace, and Human Nature, editor Douglas P. Fry brings together leading experts in such fields as evolutionary biology, archaeology, anthropology, and primatology to answer fundamental questions about peace, conflict, and human nature in an evolutionary context. Zusammenfassung In War, Peace, and Human Nature, editor Douglas P. Fry brings together leading experts in such fields as evolutionary biology, archaeology, anthropology, and primatology to answer fundamental questions about peace, conflict, and human nature in an evolutionary context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Frans B. M. de Waal Acknowledgments List of Contributors 1 War, Peace, and Human Nature: The Challenge of Scientific Objectivity Douglas P. Fry Section I: Ecological and Evolutionary Models 2 Evolution and Peace: A Janus Connection David P. Barash 3 Conflict and Restraint in Animal Species: Implications for War and Peace Hanna Kokko 4 An Ethological Perspective on War and Peace Peter Verbeek 5 Cooperation, Conflict, and Niche Construction in the genus Homo Agustín Fuentes Section II: Lessons from Prehistory: War and Peace in the Past 6 Why the Legend of the Killer Ape Never Dies: The Enduring Power of Cultural Beliefs to Distort Our View of Human Nature Robert W. Sussman 7 Pinker's List: Exaggerating Prehistoric War Mortality R. Brian Ferguson 8 Trends in Cooperation and Conflict in Native Eastern North America David H. Dye 9 From the Peaceful to the Warlike: Ethnographic and Archaeological Insights into Hunter-Gatherer Warfare and Homicide Robert Kelly 10 The Prehistory of Warfare: Misled by Ethnography Jonathan Haas and Matthew Piscitelli 11 The Prehistory of War and Peace in Europe and the Near East R. Brian Ferguson Section III: Nomadic Foragers: Insights about Human Nature 12 Peaceful Foragers: The Significance of the Batek and Moriori for the Question of Innate Human Violence Kirk Endicott 13 Social Control and Conflict Management among Australian Aboriginal Desert People Before and After the Advent of Alcohol Robert Tonkinson 14 Aggression and Conflict Resolution among the Nomadic Hadza of Tanzania as Compared with their Pastoralist Neighbors Marina L. Butovskaya 15 South Indian Foragers' Conflict Management in Comparative Perspective Peter M. Gardner 16 The Biocultural Evolution of Conflict Resolution between Groups Christopher Boehm 17 The 99%-Development and Socialization within an Evolutionary Context: Growing Up to Become a "Good and Useful Human Being" Darcia Narvaez Section IV: The Primatological Context of Human Nature 18 Chimpanzees, Warfare and the Invention of Peace Michael L. Wilson 19 Evolution of Primate Peace Frances J. White, Michel T. Waller, and Klaree J. Boose 20 Conflicts in Cooperative Social Interaction...
