This book is about the evolution and nature of cooperation and altruism in social-living animals, focusing especially on non-human primates and on humans. Although cooperation and altruism are often thought of as ways to attenuate competition and aggression within groups, or are…
This book is divided into five parts, each providing background and evidence from different perspetives and disciplines, that cooperation and/or altruistic behavior are pivotal, and central components to nonhuman primate and human social existence. Each part begins with a short …
This volume examines the evolution and nature of cooperation and altruism in social-living animals, focusing especially on non-human primates and humans.
This book is about the evolution and nature of cooperation and altruism in social-living animals, focusing especially on non-human primates and on humans. Although cooperation and altruism are often thought of as ways to attenuate competition and aggression within groups, or are…
For centuries, society has operated according to a very unflattering view of human nature: that humans are universally and inherently selfish creatures. In the last decade, however, this fallacy has finally begun to unravel, as hundreds of studies conducted across dozens of cult…
What do Wikipedia, Zip Car's business model, Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and a small group of lobster fishermen have in common' They all show the power and promise of human cooperation in transforming our businesses, our government, and our society at large. Because to…
Argues that many of the social systems need to be restructured to reflect humanity's cooperative and altruistic tendencies, citing examples while revealing the potential of collaborative organizations.
"This book explores the unintended consequences of compassion in the world of immigration politics. Miriam Ticktin focuses on France and its humanitarian immigration practices to argue that a politics based on care and protection can lead the state to view issues of immigration …
This work explores the unintended consequences of compassion in the world of immigration politics. In particular it looks at two regimes of care, humanitarianism and the movement to stop violence against women.
