ISBN:
9780813149707
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0813149703
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (440 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Darwin and International Relations : On the Evolutionary Origins of War and Ethnic Conflict
DDC:
303.6601
Keywords:
International relations
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Human evolution
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War
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Ethnic relations
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Ethnic relations
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War
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Human evolution
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International relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Violence in Society
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Ethnic relations
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Human evolution
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International relations
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War
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Abstract:
Pathbreaking and controversial, Darwin and International Relations offers the first comprehensive analysis of international affairs of state through the lens of evolutionary theory. Bradley A. Thayer provides a new method for investigating and explaining human and state behavior while generating insights into the origins of human and animal warfare, ethnic conflict, and the influence of disease on international relations. Using ethnological and statistical studies of warfare among tribal societies, Thayer argues that humans wage war for reasons predicted by evolutionary theory -- to gain and p
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction: Recognizing Darwin's Revolution; 1. Evolutionary Theory and Its Application to Social Science; 2. Evolutionary Theory, Realism, and Rational Choice; 3. Evolutionary Theory and War; 4. Implications of an Evolutionary Understanding of War; 5. Evolutionary Theory and Ethnic Conflict; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
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