Beyond war : the human potential for peace / Douglas P. Fry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fry, Douglas P., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War.

Warfare, Prehistoric.

Peace--Social aspects.

Peace.

Ethnology.

Conflict management--Social aspects.

Conflict management.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xviii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford, 2007.

Summary:

In this brilliant exploration of T.S. Eliot's work, prize-winning poet Raine reveals that an implicit controlling theme--the buried life, or the failure of feeling--unfolds in surprisingly varied ways throughout Eliot's work. He illuminates the paradoxical Eliot--an exacting anti-romantic realist, skeptical of the emotions, yet incessantly troubled by the fear of emotional failure.

Contents:

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 justices : 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page [239-322]) and index.

ISBN:

0195309480

9780195309485

0195309936

9780195309935

OCLC:

70668814