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Sto caricando le informazioni... Il paradosso della bontà: La strana relazione tra convivenza e violenza nell'evoluzione umana (Italian Edition) (edizione 2019)di Richard Wrangham (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaThe Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution di Richard Wrangham
  
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"Highly accessible, authoritative, and intellectually provocative, a startlingly original theory of how Homo sapiens came to be: Richard Wrangham forcefully argues that, a quarter of a million years ago, rising intelligence among our ancestors led to a unique new ability with unexpected consequences: our ancestors invented socially sanctioned capital punishment, facilitating domestication, increased cooperation, the accumulation of culture, and ultimately the rise of civilization itself. Throughout history even as quotidian life has exhibited calm and tolerance war has never been far away, and even within societies violence can be a threat. The Goodness Paradox gives a new and powerful argument for how and why this uncanny combination of peacefulness and violence crystallized after our ancestors acquired language in Africa a quarter of a million years ago. Words allowed the sharing of intentions that enabled men effectively to coordinate their actions. Verbal conspiracies paved the way for planned conflicts and, most importantly, for the uniquely human act of capital punishment. The victims of capital punishment tended to be aggressive men, and as their genes waned, our ancestors became tamer. This ancient form of systemic violence was critical, not only encouraging cooperation in peace and war and in culture, but also for making us who we are: Homo sapiens"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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According to Wrangham, humans evolved to be aggressive because violence was an effective strategy for survival and reproduction in the ancestral environment. However, as humans began to live in larger groups, cooperation and social intelligence became increasingly important for survival and reproduction. This led to the evolution of virtuous traits such as empathy, altruism, and fairness.
The Goodness Paradox argues that these two evolutionary forces are in constant tension with each other, and that the balance between them has important implications for human behavior and society. Wrangham suggests that understanding this paradoxical nature of human evolution can help us to better understand the causes of violence and conflict, and to develop more effective strategies for promoting peace and cooperation.
The Goodness Paradox is a thought-provoking book that challenges our assumptions about human nature and offers insights into the complex relationship between violence and virtue in human evolution. (