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The Human Potential for Peace: An Anthropological Challenge to Assumptions about War and Violence

The Human Potential for Peace: An Anthropological Challenge to Assumptions about War and Violence

Fry, Douglas P.

Hardcover

AnthropologyCriminologyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0195181778
ISBN13: 9780195181777
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Aug 11 2005
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.58
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
In The Human Potential for Peace: An Anthropological Challenge to Assumptions about War and Violence, renowned anthropologist Douglas P. Fry shows how anthropology--with its expansive time frame and comparative orientation--can provide unique insights into the nature of war and the potential for peace. Challenging the traditional view that humans are by nature primarily violent and warlike, Professor Fry argues that along with the capacity for aggression humans also possess a strong ability to prevent, limit, and resolve conflicts without violence. Raising philosophy of science issues, the author shows that cultural beliefs asserting the inevitability of violence and war can bias our interpretations, affect our views of ourselves, and may even blind us to the possibility of achieving security without war. Fry draws on data from cultural anthropology, archaeology, and sociology as well as from behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology to construct a biosocial argument that challenges a host of commonly held assumptions.

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