SPRINGER THE EVOLUTION OF VIOLENCE 2014 RETAIL EBOOK-kE

TITLE: THE EVOLUTION OF VIOLENCE

PUBLISHER: SPRINGER LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LINK: http://is.gd/TQjose RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL

FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2014.03.24

ISBN: 9781461493143 STORE DATE: 2014

SAVED.MONEY: 84 EURO DISKCOUNT: 01 x 05MB

AUTHOR: SHACKELFORD, TODD K., HANSEN, RANALD D

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Our contemporary capacity for understanding and empathy suggests

that people are becoming less disposed to violence. At the same

time, current developments in war technologies and the popularity

of blood-soaked movies and video games point to the opposite

conclusion. The works of Darwin hold crucial keys to the puzzle

yet his theories--and evolutionary theory in general--are often

dismissed as relics, or worse



The Evolution of Violence explores and explodes myths about

evolutionary theory while restoring Darwinian concepts to

modern-day relevance. In these provocative pages, violence

scholars from across the disciplines elegantly argue that

evolutionary perspectives, far from conflicting with current

science, complement and enhance standard social theory

Compelling original essays in areas such as domestic abuse

sibling conflict, and aggression in women make the case with

clarity, and the contributors' theoretical and empirical insights

carry significant practical implications for violence prevention

Among the featured topics:

* Sexual selection and the psychology of intergroup conflict.*

Warfare and human nature.* Evolutionary behavioral genetics of

violent crime.* Intimate partner violence: an evolutionary view.*

Evolutionary perspectives on child welfare law.* An evolutionary

developmental lens for understanding the causes and consequences

of human aggression

Scholarly and useful for researchers and evolutionary scientists

while accessible to interested laypersons, The Evolution of

Violence is no simple reminder of how far we've come as a

species--it points clearly to our human potential for future

progress