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Sex and War

How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World

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As news of war and terror dominates the headlines, scientist Malcolm Potts and veteran journalist Thomas Hayden take a step back to explain it all. In the spirit of <i>Guns, Germs and Steel</i>, <i>Sex and War</i> asks the basic questions: Why is war so fundamental to our species? And what can we do about it? Malcolm Potts explores these questions from the frontlines, as a witness to war-torn countries around the world. As a scientist and obstetrician, Potts has worked with governments and aid organizations globally, and in the trenches with women who have been raped and brutalized in the course of war. Combining their own experience with scientific findings in primatology, genetics, and anthropology, Potts and Hayden explain war’s pivotal position in the human experience and how men in particular evolved under conditions that favored gang behavior, rape, and organized aggression. Drawing on these new insights, they propose a rational plan for making warfare less frequent and less brutal in the future. Anyone interested in understanding human nature, warfare, and terrorism at their most fundamental levels will find <i>Sex and War</i> to be an illuminating work, and one that might change the way they see the world.

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Sex and War, Malcolm Potts, Thomas Hayden, Jane Goodallová

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2010
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Titul
Sex and War
Podtitul
How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World
Jazyk
anglicky
Vydavateľ
Benbella
Rok vydania
2010
Väzba
mäkká
Počet strán
464
ISBN10
1935251708
ISBN13
9781935251705
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As news of war and terror dominates the headlines, scientist Malcolm Potts and veteran journalist Thomas Hayden take a step back to explain it all. In the spirit of <i>Guns, Germs and Steel</i>, <i>Sex and War</i> asks the basic questions: Why is war so fundamental to our species? And what can we do about it? Malcolm Potts explores these questions from the frontlines, as a witness to war-torn countries around the world. As a scientist and obstetrician, Potts has worked with governments and aid organizations globally, and in the trenches with women who have been raped and brutalized in the course of war. Combining their own experience with scientific findings in primatology, genetics, and anthropology, Potts and Hayden explain war’s pivotal position in the human experience and how men in particular evolved under conditions that favored gang behavior, rape, and organized aggression. Drawing on these new insights, they propose a rational plan for making warfare less frequent and less brutal in the future. Anyone interested in understanding human nature, warfare, and terrorism at their most fundamental levels will find <i>Sex and War</i> to be an illuminating work, and one that might change the way they see the world.