Beyond war: the human potential for peace
"The classic opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey shows an ape-man wreaking havoc with humanity's first invention - a bone used as a weapon to kill a rival. It's an image that fits well with popular notions of our species as inherently violent, with the idea that humans are - and always have been - warlike by nature. But as Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues in Beyond War, the facts show that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike - and neither are we."--Jacket.
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :Beyond war : the human potential for peace / Douglas P. Fry.
Summary
"The classic opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey shows an ape-man wreaking havoc with humanity's first invention - a bone used as a weapon to kill a rival. It's an image that fits well with popular notions of our species as inherently violent, with the idea that humans are - and always have been - warlike by nature. But as Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues in Beyond War, the facts show that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike - and neither are we."--Jacket.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:xviii, 331 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0195309480, 9780195309485, 9780195384611, 019538461X, 0195309936, 9780195309935
- oclc:ocm70668814
- LC Classification:U21.2
- Dewey Decimal:303.6/6
Table of Contents
Charting a new direction -- Do nonwarring societies actually exist? -- Overlooked and underappreciated : the human potential for peace -- Killer apes, cannibals, and coprolites : projecting mayhem onto the past -- The earliest evidence of war -- War and social organization : from Nomadic bands to modern states -- Seeking justices : the quest for fairness -- Man the warrior : fact or fantasy? -- Insights from the Outback : Geneva Conventions in the Australian bush -- Void if detached ... from reality : Australian "warriors," Yanomamö unokais, and lethal raiding psychology -- Returning to the evidence : life in the band -- Darwin got it right : sex differences in aggression -- A new evolutionary perspective : the Nomadic forager model -- Setting the record straight -- A macroscopic anthropological view -- Enhancing peace.
Read More ↓Subjects
Writers
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Related Works
more →
Mistrust: ethnographic approximations
Toward an anthropology of women
Creativity/anthropology
Religion & development: towards an integrated approach
Mistrust: ethnographic approximations
Mistrust: Ethnographic Approximations
Home: ethnographic encounters
Doing fieldwork in Japan
Doing fieldwork in Japan
Files & Downloads
-
Beyond War: The Human Potential for Peace -- (.pd…
PDF · 13.5 MB · updated -
T. S. Eliot (Lives and Legacies Series) -- (.pdf)
PDF · 1.1 MB · updated -
T. S. Eliot -- (.pdf)
PDF · 1.5 MB · updated -
Beyond War The Human Potential for Peace -- (.pdf)
PDF · 13.6 MB · updated
Rate & Review