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dc.contributor.authorFog, Agner
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-16 23:55
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-01 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-16 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T13:14:31Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T13:14:31Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier641877
dc.identifierOCN: 1012158524en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30823
dc.description.abstract"Are humans violent or peaceful by nature? We are both. In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Agner Fog presents a ground-breaking new argument that explains the existence of differently organised societies using evolutionary theory. It combines natural sciences and social sciences in a way that is rarely seen. According to a concept called regality theory, people show a preference for authoritarianism and strong leadership in times of war or collective danger, but desire egalitarian political systems in times of peace and safety. These individual impulses shape the way societies develop and organise themselves, and in this book Agner argues that there is an evolutionary mechanism behind this flexible psychology. Incorporating a wide range of ideas including evolutionary theory, game theory, and ecological theory, Agner analyses the conditions that make us either strident or docile. He tests this theory on data from contemporary and ancient societies, and provides a detailed explanation of the applications of regality theory to issues of war and peace, the rise and fall of empires, the mass media, economic instability, ecological crisis, and much more. Warlike and Peaceful Societies: The Interaction of Genes and Culture draws on many different fields of both the social sciences and the natural sciences. It will be of interest to academics and students in these fields, including anthropology, political science, history, conflict and peace research, social psychology, and more, as well as the natural sciences, including human biology, human evolution, and ecology."
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTU Peace studies and conflict resolutionen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMH Social, group or collective psychologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWA Theory of warfare and military scienceen_US
dc.subject.othersociology
dc.subject.othercollective psychology
dc.subject.otherecology
dc.subject.otherconflict
dc.subject.othersecurity
dc.subject.otherregality theory
dc.subject.otherevolutionary psychology
dc.subject.otheranthropology
dc.subject.otherTerrorism
dc.titleWarlike and Peaceful Societies
dc.title.alternativeThe Interaction of Genes and Culture
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.11647/OBP.0128
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b
oapen.collectionScholarLed
oapen.pages364
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Regality - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regality; Terrorism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
oapen.identifier.ocn1012158524


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