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Terrell John |
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A talent for friendship : an evolutionary view of a remarkable trait / / John Edward Terrell |
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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0-19-938647-1 |
0-19-938646-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; A Talent for Friendship; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; PART ONE: What Makes Us Human?; 1. Being Human; 2. Baron von Pufendorf; 3. Ghost Theories; 4. The Secret Lives of Lou, Laurence, and Leslie; PART TWO: The Archaeology of Friendship; 5. Suddenly All Was Chaos; 6. A Wimpy Idea; 7. In the Footsteps of A. B. Lewis; 8. Confronting the Obvious; 9. The Archaeology of Friendship; 10. The Sign of the Sea Turtle; 11. Drawing Conclusions; PART THREE: Selfish Desires; 12. Houston, We've Had a Problem; 13. You Can't Get There from Here |
14. The Wizard of Down House15. The Numbers Game; PART FOUR: The Social Baseline; 16. Animal Cooperation; 17. The Question of Animal Awareness; 18. Babies and Big Brains; 19. Mission Impossible; PART FIVE: Social Being; 20. Alone in a Crowd; 21. A State of Mind; 22. It's Who You Know; 23. Bloodlust, Fear, and Other Emotions; PART SIX: Principles to Live By; 24. The Lady or the Tiger?; 25. A Kiss Is Just a Kiss?; 26. Friend or Facebook?; 27. What Was the Garden of Eden Like?; 28. The Strength of Weak Ties?; 29. Meet Me on the Marae?; 30. Being in a Family Way? |
Appendix-How to Host a Marae EncounterNotes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This lively, provocative text presents a new way to understand friendship. Professor John Terrell argues that the ability to make friends |
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