LEADER 02913oam 2200661I 450 001 9910451087503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-65860-5 010 $a0-203-00811-1 010 $a0-203-15873-3 010 $a1-280-33518-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203008119 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255124 035 $a(EBL)165095 035 $a(OCoLC)56946715 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000223373 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11172974 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223373 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10182919 035 $a(PQKB)11656662 035 $aebr5001305 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165095 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165095 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10054920 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL33518 035 $a(OCoLC)48139021 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255124 100 $a20180331d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe political animal $ebiology, ethics, and politics /$fStephen R.L. Clark 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-18911-X 311 $a0-415-18910-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; 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; Index 330 $aPeople, 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 specie 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aBiopolitics 606 $aBioethics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aBiopolitics. 615 0$aBioethics. 676 $a320/.01 700 $aClark$b Stephen R. L.$0865709 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451087503321 996 $aThe political animal$91940531 997 $aUNINA