Chimpanzees, war, and history : are men born to kill? / R. Brian Ferguson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferguson, R. Brian, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War and society.

Human evolution.

Chimpanzees--Behavior.

Chimpanzees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The question of whether men are predisposed to war runs hot in contemporary scholarship and online discussion. Within this debate, chimpanzee behaviour is often cited to explain humans' propensity for violence; the claim is that male chimpanzees kill outsiders because they are evolutionarily inclined, suggesting to some that people are too. The longstanding critique that killing is instead due to human disturbance has been pronounced dead and buried. R. Brian Ferguson challenges this consensus. Bringing readers on a journey through theoretical struggle and clashing ideas about chimpanzees, bonobos, and evolution, Ferguson opens new ground on the age-old question - are men born to kill?

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Chimpanzees, War, and History

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I

1. From Nice to Brutal

2. The Second Generation

3. Theoretical Alternatives

Part II

4. From Peace to "War"

5. Contextualizing Violence

6. Explaining the War and Its Aftermath

7. Later Gombe

8. Interpreting Gombe Violence

Part III

9. Mahale: What Happened to K Group?

10. Mahale History

Part IV

11. Kibale

12. Ngogo Territorial Conflict

13. Scale and Geopolitics at Ngogo

14. The Ngogo Expansion, RCH +​ HIH

15. Kanyawara

Part V

16. Budongo, Early Research and Human Impact

17. Sonso

Part VI

18. Eastern Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

19. Central Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes troglodytes

20. Western Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus

Part VII

21. Tai and Its Afflictions

22. Sociality and Intergroup Relations

23. Killings and Explanations

Part VIII

24. Pan paniscus

25. Social Organization and Why Male Bonobos Are Less Violent

26. Evolutionary Scenarios and Theoretical Developments

Part IX

27. Killing Infants

28. The Case for Evolved Adaptations, by the Evidence

29. Human Impact, Critiqued and Documented

Part X

30. The Demonic Perspective Meets Human Warfare

31. Species-​Specific Foundations of Human War

32. Applications: An Anthropology of War

Tables

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 23, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Ferguson, R. Brian Chimpanzees, War, and History

ISBN:

0-19-750677-1

0-19-750678-X

0-19-750676-3

OCLC:

1380467552