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Title The evolution of violence / Todd K. Shackelford, Ranald D. Hansen, editors ; foreword by Steven Pinker.

Publication Info. New York : Springer, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) : illustrations.
Series Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology (Springer (Firm))
Contents Intimate Partner Violence in Evolutionary Perspective -- War Before Civilization? 15 Years On -- Violence in Literature: An Evolutionary Perspective -- Evolutionary Perspectives on Child Welfare Law -- Warfare and Human Nature -- Sexual Selection and the Psychology of Intergroup Conflict -- Evolutionary Behavioral Genetics of Violent Crime -- The Evolutionary Psychology of Sibling Conflict and Siblicide -- Aggression Grows Up: Looking Through an Evolutionary Developmental Lens to Understand the Causes and Consequences of Human Aggression -- Adaptation and Coherence: Evolutionary and Dynamical Perspectives on Human Violence -- Violence and Aggression in Women.
Note Includes index.
Summary Our contemporary capacity for understanding and empathy suggests that people are becoming less disposed to violence. At the same time, current developments in war technologies and the popularity of blood-soaked movies and video games point to the opposite conclusion. The works of Darwin hold crucial keys to the puzzle, yet his theories--and evolutionary theory in general--are often dismissed as relics, or worse. The Evolution of Violence explores and explodes myths about evolutionary theory while restoring Darwinian concepts to modern-day relevance. In these provocative pages, violence scholars from across the disciplines elegantly argue that evolutionary perspectives, far from conflicting with current science, complement and enhance standard social theory. Compelling original essays in areas such as domestic abuse, sibling conflict, and aggression in women make the case with clarity, and the contributors' theoretical and empirical insights carry significant practical implications for violence prevention. Among the featured topics: Sexual selection and the psychology of intergroup conflict. Warfare and human nature. Evolutionary behavioral genetics of violent crime. Intimate partner violence: an evolutionary view. Evolutionary perspectives on child welfare law. An evolutionary developmental lens for understanding the causes and consequences of human aggression. Scholarly and useful for researchers and evolutionary scientists while accessible to interested laypersons, The Evolution of Violence is no simple reminder of how far we've come as a species--it points clearly to our human potential for future progress.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 11, 2013).
Subject Violence -- Psychological aspects.
Evolutionary psychology.
Social Darwinism.
Violence -- psychology.
Cultural Evolution.
Psychology, Social.
Aggression -- etiology.
Psychology.
Clinical psychology.
Psychotherapy and Counseling.
Cognitive psychology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Evolutionary psychology. (OCoLC)fst00917348
Social Darwinism. (OCoLC)fst01122237
Violence -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01167246
Added Author Shackelford, Todd K. (Todd Kennedy), 1971- editor.
Hansen, Ranald D., editor.
ISBN 9781461493143 (electronic bk.)
1461493145 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. 10.1007/978-1-4614-9314-3 doi
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