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The psychology of modern conflict : evolutionary theory, human nature and a liberal approach to war / Kenneth Payne, Lecturer in International Relations, King's College London, UK.

Av: Materialtyp: TextUtgivningsuppgift: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]Beskrivning: 1 online resourceInnehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137428592
  • 1137428597
  • 9781349682461
  • 1349682462
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  • 355.001/9 23
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Innehåll:
1. Introduction -- Part I. 2. Violence and Human Nature -- 3. Classical Realists on Honour -- Part II. 4. Reciprocal Altruism -- 5. Honour -- Part III. 6. Liberal Society and War -- 7. Liberal Warriors -- 8. Liberal War Stories -- Conclusion: Heroic Warfare.
Sammanfattning: What does modern warfare have in common with our human evolution? In this study, Dr Kenneth Payne argues that there is an important relationship between the two ₆ we have evolved to fight, and traditional hunter-gatherer societies were often violent places. But we also evolved to cooperate and to behave altruistically towards others. Both these evolutionary legacies can help explain how and why liberal societies fight. Payne considers the evidence for warfare in hunter gatherer communities, and explores how a process of 'domestication' some 10,000 years ago led to larger groups of more social and culturally sophisticated humans. He then considers how this uber-sociability is manifest in liberal societies in the modern era, underpinning our sense of empathy and moral values.
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1. Introduction -- Part I. 2. Violence and Human Nature -- 3. Classical Realists on Honour -- Part II. 4. Reciprocal Altruism -- 5. Honour -- Part III. 6. Liberal Society and War -- 7. Liberal Warriors -- 8. Liberal War Stories -- Conclusion: Heroic Warfare.

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What does modern warfare have in common with our human evolution? In this study, Dr Kenneth Payne argues that there is an important relationship between the two ₆ we have evolved to fight, and traditional hunter-gatherer societies were often violent places. But we also evolved to cooperate and to behave altruistically towards others. Both these evolutionary legacies can help explain how and why liberal societies fight. Payne considers the evidence for warfare in hunter gatherer communities, and explores how a process of 'domestication' some 10,000 years ago led to larger groups of more social and culturally sophisticated humans. He then considers how this uber-sociability is manifest in liberal societies in the modern era, underpinning our sense of empathy and moral values.

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