Darwin and International Relations : On the Evolutionary Origins of War and Ethnic Conflict.

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Thayer, Bradley A

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TextPublication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (440 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813149707
0813149703
1322594244
9781322594248
0813123216
9780813123219

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Darwin and International Relations : On the Evolutionary Origins of War and Ethnic Conflict.DDC classification:

303.6/6/01 22

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JZ1249

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Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction: Recognizing Darwin's Revolution; 1. Evolutionary Theory and Its Application to Social Science; 2. Evolutionary Theory, Realism, and Rational Choice; 3. Evolutionary Theory and War; 4. Implications of an Evolutionary Understanding of War; 5. Evolutionary Theory and Ethnic Conflict; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

Summary: Pathbreaking and controversial, Darwin and International Relations offers the first comprehensive analysis of international affairs of state through the lens of evolutionary theory. Bradley A. Thayer provides a new method for investigating and explaining human and state behavior while generating insights into the origins of human and animal warfare, ethnic conflict, and the influence of disease on international relations. Using ethnological and statistical studies of warfare among tribal societies, Thayer argues that humans wage war for reasons predicted by evolutionary theory -- to gain and p.

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Pathbreaking and controversial, Darwin and International Relations offers the first comprehensive analysis of international affairs of state through the lens of evolutionary theory. Bradley A. Thayer provides a new method for investigating and explaining human and state behavior while generating insights into the origins of human and animal warfare, ethnic conflict, and the influence of disease on international relations. Using ethnological and statistical studies of warfare among tribal societies, Thayer argues that humans wage war for reasons predicted by evolutionary theory -- to gain and p.

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