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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960201303321

Titolo

Natural conflict resolution / / edited by Filippo Aureli and Frans B.M. de Waal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000

ISBN

0-520-92493-2

1-59734-771-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AureliFilippo <1962->

De WaalFrans <1948-2024.>

Disciplina

303.6/9

Soggetti

Conflict management

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

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I History; PART I I Controlling Aggression; PART III Repairing the Damage; PART IV Triadic Affairs; PART V Ecological and Cultural Contexts; Conclusion; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Aggression and competition are customarily presented as the natural state of affairs in both human society and the animal kingdom. Yet, as this book shows, our species relies heavily on cooperation for survival as do many others--from wolves and dolphins to monkeys and apes.