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Beyond war :

0195309480 (hardcover : alk. paper)

0195309936

019538461X (pbk.)

9780195309485 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9780195309935

9780195384611 (pbk.)

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Beyond war :

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the human potential for peace /

Douglas P. Fry

New York :

Oxford,

2007

xviii, 331 p. :

ill. ;

22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]) and index

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 justice : 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

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"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."--BOOK JACKET

Conflict management-- Social aspects

Ethnology

Peace-- Social aspects

War

Warfare, Prehistoric

Fry, Douglas P.,1953-

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