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" Beyond war : "
Douglas P. Fry
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BL
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623766
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Fry, Douglas P.,1953-
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Beyond war : : the human potential for peace /\ Douglas P. Fry
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford,, 2007
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xviii, 331 p. :: ill. ;; 22 cm
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0195309480 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9780195309485 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9780195384611 (pbk.)
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: 019538461X (pbk.)
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: 0195309936
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: 9780195309935
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]) and index
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| Contents
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Charting a new direction -- Do nonwarring societies actually exist? -- Overlooked and underappreciated : the human potential for peace -- Killer apes, cannibals, and coprolites : projecting mayhem onto the past -- The earliest evidence of war -- War and social organization : from Nomadic bands to modern states -- Seeking justice : the quest for fairness -- Man the warrior : fact or fantasy? -- Insights from the Outback : Geneva Conventions in the Australian bush -- Void if detached ... from reality : Australian "warriors," Yanomamö unokais, and lethal raiding psychology -- Returning to the evidence : life in the band -- Darwin got it right : sex differences in aggression -- A new evolutionary perspective : the Nomadic forager model -- Setting the record straight -- A macroscopic anthropological view -- Enhancing peace
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| Abstract
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"The classic opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey shows an ape-man wreaking havoc with humanity's first invention - a bone used as a weapon to kill a rival. It's an image that fits well with popular notions of our species as inherently violent, with the idea that humans are - and always have been - warlike by nature. But as Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues in Beyond War, the facts show that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike - and neither are we."--BOOK JACKET
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War
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Warfare, Prehistoric
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Peace-- Social aspects
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Ethnology
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Conflict management-- Social aspects
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U21.2.F79 2007
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