On aggression / by Konrad Lorenz ; translated by Marjorie Kerr Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lorenz, Konrad, 1903-1989.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Sogenannte Böse. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Aggressive behavior in animals.

Aggressiveness.

Behavior, Animal.

Aggression.

Medical Subjects:

Behavior, Animal.

Aggression.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, [1966]

Summary:

This work has had significant impact on the social and biological sciences and is now a classic point of reference for investigations of behavioral patterns. Lorenz presents his findings on the mechanism of aggression and how animals control destructive drives in the interest of the species. Translated by Marjorie Kerr Wilson. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Contents:

1. Prologue in the sea

2. Coral fish in the laboratory

3. What aggression is good for

4. The spontaneity of aggression

5. Habit, ritual, and magic

6. The great parliament of instincts

7. Behavioral analogies to morality

8. Anonymity of the flock

9. Social organization without love

10. Rats

11. The bond

12. On the virtue of humility

13. Ecce homo!

14. Avowal of optimism.

Notes:

"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."

Translation of Das sogenannte Böse.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Lorenz, Konrad, 1903-1989. Sogenannte Böse. English. On aggression.

ISBN:

9780156687416

0156687410

OCLC:

259855