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

• Autore: Barash David P
• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.9/2
• Soggetto topico: Pain; Revenge; Aggressiveness
• Altri autori: LiptonJudith Eve
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Payback
• ISBN: 0-19-975298-2; 0-19-025576-5; 1-283-05871-5; 9786613058713; 0-19-975321-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789866303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II