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Author Thayer, Bradley A.

Title Darwin and International Relations : On the Evolutionary Origins of War and Ethnic Conflict.

Publication Info. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (440 pages)
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Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction: Recognizing Darwin's Revolution; 1. Evolutionary Theory and Its Application to Social Science; 2. Evolutionary Theory, Realism, and Rational Choice; 3. Evolutionary Theory and War; 4. Implications of an Evolutionary Understanding of War; 5. Evolutionary Theory and Ethnic Conflict; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary Pathbreaking and controversial, Darwin and International Relations offers the first comprehensive analysis of international affairs of state through the lens of evolutionary theory. Bradley A. Thayer provides a new method for investigating and explaining human and state behavior while generating insights into the origins of human and animal warfare, ethnic conflict, and the influence of disease on international relations. Using ethnological and statistical studies of warfare among tribal societies, Thayer argues that humans wage war for reasons predicted by evolutionary theory -- to gain and p.
Language English.
Subject International relations.
Human evolution.
War.
Ethnic relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
Human evolution. (OCoLC)fst00963030
International relations. (OCoLC)fst00977053
War. (OCoLC)fst01170328
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Thayer, Bradley A. Darwin and International Relations : On the Evolutionary Origins of War and Ethnic Conflict. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813123219
ISBN 9780813149707 (electronic bk.)
0813149703 (electronic bk.)
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