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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789866303321

Autore

Barash David P

Titolo

Payback [[electronic resource] ] : why we retaliate, redirect aggression, and take revenge / / David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-975298-2

0-19-025576-5

1-283-05871-5

9786613058713

0-19-975321-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LiptonJudith Eve

Disciplina

155.9/2

Soggetti

Pain

Revenge

Aggressiveness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Passing the pain along -- Biology : animals and molecules -- Personal slings, arrows, and outrageous scapegoating -- Social : revenge, feuding, rioting, terrorism, war and other delights -- Stories : pain-passing in myth and literature -- Justice? -- Overcoming : shall we? -- Conclusion : the principle of minimizing pain.

Sommario/riassunto

From the child taunted by her playmates to the office worker who feels stifled in his daily routine, people frequently take out their pain and anger on others, even those who had nothing to do with the original stress. The bullied child may kick her puppy, the stifled worker yells at his children: Payback can be directed anywhere, sometimes at inanimate things, animals, or other people. In Payback, the husband-and wife team of evolutionary biologist David Barash and psychiatrist Judith Lipton offer an illuminating look at this phenomenon, showing how it has evolved, why it occurs, and what we