Human beings have an evolved but highly adaptable nature. This book sets out to establish a new framework for understanding human nature, from an evolutionary perspective but drawing on existing social sciences. It seeks to explain how human beings can appear to be so malleable in their nature, yet have an inherited set of behavioural instincts.
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'Talbot's ambition is admirable. He wants to free the study of government from narrowing models of behaviour.' -- Public
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Talbot is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Nottingham and Director of the Nottingham Policy Centre.
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Frans de Waal, Stanley Milgram, Herbert Simon, New Zealand, Royston Greenwood New!
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This is a little book about a big subject - why humans are weird. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
paradoxical instincts, paradoxical primates, paradoxical systems, rove beetle, human organisations, organisation theory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Frans de Waal, Stanley Milgram, Herbert Simon, New Zealand, Royston Greenwood New!
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- Built to Last by James C Collins on page 18, and Back Matter
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