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Genetic Seeds of Warfare: Evolution, Nationalism, and Patriotism Hardcover – January 1, 1989

by R. Paul Shaw (Author), Yuwa Wong (Author)

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Part of: Routledge Library Editions: Security and Society (12 books)

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This interdisciplinary analysis of humanity's propensity to warfare develops a thesis that certain evolved behaviours (such as inclusive fitness) have interacted over time with environmental factors (such as limited resources) to create a propensity to warfare. This theory is applied to several case studies which leads to a redefinition of the concepts of nationalism and patriotism. The authors consider their approach as radical, not only challenging contemporary theories of warfare but showing why existing peace initiatives are inept. They regard the book as a scientific inquiry as opposed to a political one; they aim to avoid moralizing, seeking only to communicate "what is", not "what ought to be" about human nature. The moral which they do advocate here is that behaviours and institutions which are outfoxing humanity's efforts to prevent nuclear annihilation, should be abandoned.

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Routledge Library Editions: Security and Society
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256 pages
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English
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Unwin Hyman
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January 1, 1989
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0044451873
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978-0044451877
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Vincent Calcagno

Unknown and hard to accept truths about human behavior.

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Why do we fight? It is in the genetic make-up of all living things, for limited resources mandate competition and that creates from the small battles over a food source among micro-organisms to the wars of man. Unpleasant but true!

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