Indoctrinability, Ideology and Warfare - Evolutionary Perspectives

Violent ethno-nationalist conflicts continue to mar the history of the twentieth century; yet no satisfactory answer to the question of why humans are susceptible to indoctrination by ideologies that lead to inter-group hostility has so far been found. In this volume an international team of leading scientists from many different fields approach this complex issue from a biological perspective, treating indoctrinability as a predisposition that has its roots in humanity's evolutionary past.

List of contents

Part I: Evolutionary Precursors and Models

Part II: Contemporary Hunter- Gatherers

Part III: Individual Behavioural Mechanisms

Part IV: Group Processes

Part V: Institutional and Symbolic Mechanisms

Part VI: Indoctrination and Ethics.

About the author

Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Frank K. Salter, Forschungsstelle für Humanethologie, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.

Summary

Violent ethno-nationalist conflicts continue to mar the history of the twentieth century; yet no satisfactory answer to the question of why humans are susceptible to indoctrination by ideologies that lead to inter-group hostility has so far been found.

Product details

• Assisted by: Irenaus E. Eibesfeldt (Editor), Iren Eibl-Eibesfeldt (Editor), Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt (Editor), Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt (Editor), Frank K. Salter (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1998
• EAN: 9781571819239
• ISBN: 978-1-57181-923-9
• No. of pages: 450
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 226 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 740 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History: 20th Century to Present