Sociobiology And Conflict

Author : V. Falger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400918305
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociobiology and Conflict written by V. Falger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. 1 THE STUDY OF CONFLICT Polemos Pantoon Pater Heraclitus Conflict on all levels of organic existence is pervasive, persistent, ubiquitous. Conflict is the universal experience of all life forms. Organisms are bound in multiple conflict-configurations and -coalitions, which have their own dynamic and their own logic. This does not mean, however, that the more paroxysmal forms of conflict behaviour, naked violence and destruction, are also universal. Conflict and cooperation are always intertwined. Conflicts do, however, have a propensity to gravitate towards violence. There is, as Pettman (1975) pointed out, no accepted or agreed list of the social units by which conflicts might be classified. To talk of conflict in intra personal, inter-personal, familial, group, class, ethnic, religious, intra-state or inter-state terms is to assume, perhaps erroneously, that 'each kind of social unit, having its own range of size, structure, and institutions, will also have its own modes of interaction and thus its own patterns of conflict with other social units' (Fink, 1968) like and unlike itself. Such an assumption merits scrutiny on its own, since, despite the plausibility of some sort of analytical link between the parties to a conflict and the nature of the confrontation that ensues, the link should be demonstrated and not allowed to stand by assertion alone. This volume is devoted to one type of analysis of conflict, the socio biological one.

Author : V Falger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789400918313
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociobiology and Conflict written by V Falger and published by . This book was released on 1990-07-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lewis A. Coser
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415176271
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Functions of Social Conflict written by Lewis A. Coser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1956 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Stephen K. Sanderson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847695355
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Human Sociality written by Stephen K. Sanderson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text attempts a broad theoretical synthesis within the field of sociology and its closely allied sister discipline of anthropology. It draws together these disciplines' theoretical approaches into a synthesized theory called Darwinian conflict theory.

Author : Louis Kriesberg
Publisher : Englewood Cliffs, N. J. : Prentice-Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Social Conflicts written by Louis Kriesberg and published by Englewood Cliffs, N. J. : Prentice-Hall. This book was released on 1973 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward O. Wilson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0871403307
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Conquest of Earth written by Edward O. Wilson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-04-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Book of the Year (Nonfiction) Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence (Nonfiction) From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career. Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends “the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to demonstrate that group selection, not kin selection, is the premier driving force of human evolution. In a work that James D. Watson calls “a monumental exploration of the biological origins of the human condition,” Wilson explains how our innate drive to belong to a group is both a “great blessing and a terrible curse” (Smithsonian). Demonstrating that the sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts are fundamentally biological in nature, the renowned Harvard University biologist presents us with the clearest explanation ever produced as to the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth’s biosphere.

Author : George W Barlow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000312097
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociobiology: Beyond Nature/nurture? written by George W Barlow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To most biologists, sociobiology represents the concept of strict Darwinian individual selection married to an analytical application of ecological principles and brought to bear on social behavior in an unusually exciting and productive way. Joining the biologists are a small number of social scientists. But there are radically divergent views as to how the field should be delimited, and sociobiology is one of the most widely discussed fields in biology and anthropology today. The symposium on which this book is based was arranged by a biologist and an anthropologist. The participants, leaders in their fields, ably present contrasting and responsible views on current issues. This is the first collection of essays on sociobiology in which opposing views are aired. It is an exciting, timely book and an important historical document.

Author : Bradley A. Thayer
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813129464
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin and International Relations: On the Evolutionary Origins of War and Ethnic Conflict written by Bradley A. Thayer and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Göran Arnqvist
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400850606
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexual Conflict written by Göran Arnqvist and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two individuals, aimed at replicating their common genome, is being challenged by a growing body of evidence showing that the evolutionary interests of interacting males and females diverge. This book demonstrates that, despite a shared genome, conflicts between interacting males and females are ubiquitous, and that selection in the two sexes is continuously pulling this genome in opposite directions. These conflicts drive the evolution of a great variety of those traits that distinguish the sexes and also contribute to the diversification of lineages. Göran Arnqvist and Locke Rowe present an array of evidence for sexual conflict throughout nature, and they set these conflicts into the well-established theoretical framework of sexual selection. The recognition of conflict between the sexes is transforming our theories for the evolution of mating systems and the sexes themselves. Written by two top researchers in the field, Sexual Conflict is the first book to describe this transformation. It is a must read for all scholars and students interested in the evolutionary biology of reproduction.

Author : William A. Mason
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438412185
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Primate Social Conflict written by William A. Mason and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1993-03-24 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines conflict as a normal and recurrent feature of primate social life, emphasizing that the study of aggression and social conflict is important to understanding the basic processes that contribute to social order. The authors go well beyond the usual view which tends to equate social conflict with fights over food, mates, or social supremacy, and analyze the diverse manifestations and significance of conflict in a variety of case studies. Contributors are scientists with field and laboratory experience in anthropology, behavioral endocrinology, ethology, and psychology. Utilizing the growing body of research on life-span development in primatology, the authors offer more extensive analyses of the complexity of primate social relationships.