02913oam 2200661I 450 991045108750332120200520144314.01-134-65860-50-203-00811-10-203-15873-31-280-33518-110.4324/9780203008119 (CKB)1000000000255124(EBL)165095(OCoLC)56946715(SSID)ssj0000223373(PQKBManifestationID)11172974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223373(PQKBWorkID)10182919(PQKB)11656662ebr5001305(MiAaPQ)EBC165095(Au-PeEL)EBL165095(CaPaEBR)ebr10054920(CaONFJC)MIL33518(OCoLC)48139021(EXLCZ)99100000000025512420180331d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe political animal biology, ethics, and politics /Stephen R.L. ClarkLondon ;New York :Routledge,1999.1 online resource (219 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-18911-X 0-415-18910-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Aristotle's woman; 2 Slaves and citizens; 3 Is humanity a natural kind?; 4 Children and the mammalian order; 5 Anarchists against the revolution; 6 Bioregional environmentalism and the humanistic culture; 7 Good and bad ethology and the decent polis; 8 Apes and the idea of kindred; 9 Herds of free bipeds; 10 Enlarging the community; 11 Nations and empires; References; Publications by Stephen R.L. Clark; IndexPeople, as Aristotle said, are political animals. Mainstream political philosophy, however, has largely neglected humankind's animal nature as beings who are naturally equipped, and inclined, to reason and work together, create social bonds and care for their young. Stephen Clark, grounded in biological analysis and traditional ethics, probes into areas ignored in mainstream political theory and argues for the significance of social bonds which bypass or transcend state authority. Understanding the ties that bind us reveals how enormously capable we are in achieving civil order as a speciePolitical sciencePhilosophyBiopoliticsBioethicsElectronic books.Political sciencePhilosophy.Biopolitics.Bioethics.320/.01Clark Stephen R. L.865709MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451087503321The political animal1940531UNINA