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Loading... Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes (original 1982; edition 2007)by Frans de de Waal
Work InformationChimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes by Frans de Waal (1982)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I am not sure what the fuss is all about with this book. Perhaps it is a a favourite of zoologists or anthropologists but I just found it a mildly interesting account of a bunch of chimps engaged in politics. There was no practical information that I could see - other than our chimpanzee cousins are programmed to play politics and try and dominate one another so perhaps we are the same way ? ( ) no reviews | add a review
The first edition of Frans de Waal's Chimpanzee Politics was acclaimed not only by primatologists for its scientific achievement but also by politicians, business leaders, and social psychologists for its remarkable insights into the most basic human needs and behaviors. Still considered a classic, this updated edition is a detailed and thoroughly engrossing account of rivalries and coalitions--actions governed by intelligence rather than instinct. As we watch the chimpanzees of Arnhem behave in ways we recognize from Machiavelli (and from the nightly news), de Waal reminds us again that the roots of politics are older than humanity. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)599.885Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Mammals Non-human primates Apes ChimpanzeesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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