Hierarchy in the Forest – The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior - Hardcover

Boehm, Christopher

 
9780674390317: Hierarchy in the Forest – The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0674390318 ISBN 13: 9780674390317
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This work addresses the question of: are humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? The author examines the evolutionary origins of social and political behaviour. He postulates that egalitarianism is in effect a hierachy in which the weak combine forces to dominate the strong.

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Review

From a theoretical perspective, some of the most convincing arguments presented by Boehm center around the pivotal role of language in the evolution of egalitarianism...More provocative, however, are Boehm's ideas on how between-group selection has operated to generate egalitarianism.--Harold Gouzoules "The Quarterly Review of Biology "

Synopsis

This work addresses the question of: are humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? The author examines the evolutionary origins of social and political behaviour. He postulates that egalitarianism is in effect a hierachy in which the weak combine forces to dominate the strong.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0674390318
ISBN 13 
9780674390317
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
304

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