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This review is from: Human Paleopsychology: Applications To Aggression and Patholoqical Processes (Hardcover)
Bailey presents the next logical step in our understanding of human nature and psychology. Building on the works of E. O. Wilson (sociobiology) and others, he outlines the idea of a continuum of deep seated evolutionary rules. These rules have evolved over eons of primate, and then human, development. These rules have been integrated into our genes because they increased our adaptability to our environment and thus, individuals with these rules were preferentially selected. Bailey points out that most of our recent development as Homo sapiens has been in a primitive survival mode - a hunter gatherer type of setting. It stands to reason that many of the rules involve aggressive behaviours. The "holdover" of these ancient rules continues in our natural responses - in the way we see and respond to the world and they therefore continue to influence our behaviour today. Thus, all of the adaptive rules selected over millions of years of evolution are still lurking within us. In the last blink of our evolution, man has created culture and societal norms and rules. Our higher cognitive functions allow us to rise above our animal heritage and to develop cognitive, volitional control of our behaviour. Today, the individual has to juggle various opposing forces, both from within and from external sources. We have to control and direct many of the lower impulses in the face of our new and largely foreign cultural and societal demands. Most of the time, socialization wins, but as Bailey describes, sometimes we regress to our lower templates and instincts. The result of regression is usually pathology and mayhem. A wonderful book indeed.
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