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Loading... On Aggressionby Konrad Lorenz
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0156687410, Paperback)This work has had significant impact on the social and biological sciences and is now a classic point of reference for investigations of behavioral patterns. Lorenz presents his findings on the mechanism of aggression and how animals control destructive drives in the interest of the species. Translated by Marjorie Kerr Wilson. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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CONTENTS:
I. Prologue in the Sea
II. Coral Fish in the Laboratory
III. What Aggression is good for
IV. The Spontaneity of Aggression
V. Habit, Ritual and Magic
VI. The Great Parliament of Instincts
VII. Behavioural Analogies to Morality
VIII. Anonymity of the Flock
IX. Social Organization without Love
X. Rats
XI. The Bond
XII. On the Virtue of Scientific Humility
XIII. Ecce Homo!
XIV. Avowal of Optimism