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Natural Conflict Resolution.
Title:
Natural Conflict Resolution.
Author:
Aureli, Filippo.
ISBN:
9780520924932
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (424 pages)
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Why Natural Conflict Resolution? -- PART I History -- Introduction -- 2 The First Kiss Foundations of Conflict Resolution Research in Animals -- 3 Conflict Management in Children and Adolescents -- 4 Law, Love, and Reconciliation: Searching for Natural Conflict Resolution in Homo Sapiens -- PART I I Controlling Aggression -- Introduction -- 5 Dominance and Communication: Conflict Management in Various Social Settings -- 6 Covariation of Conflict Management Patterns across Macaque Species -- 7 Coping with Crowded Conditions -- 8 The Peacefulness of Cooperatively Breeding Primates -- PART III Repairing the Damage -- Introduction -- 9 Reconciliation and Relationship Qualities -- 10 The Role of Emotion in Conflict and Conflict Resolution -- 11 Beyond the Primates: Expanding the Reconciliation Horizon -- 12 A Multicultural View of Peacemaking among Young Children -- PART IV Triadic Affairs -- Introduction -- 13 Conflict Management via Third Parties: Post-Conflict Affiliation of the Aggressor -- 14 Redirection, Consolation, and Male Policing: How Targets of Aggression Interact with Bystanders -- PART V Ecological and Cultural Contexts -- Introduction -- 15 The Natural History of Valuable Relationships in Primates -- 16 Conflict Management in Cross-Cultural Perspective -- 17 The Evolution and Development of Morality -- Conclusion -- 1 8 Shared Principles and Unanswered Questions -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Aggression and competition are customarily presented as the natural state of affairs in both human society and the animal kingdom. Yet, as this book shows, our species relies heavily on cooperation for survival as do many others-from wolves and dolphins to monkeys and apes. A distinguished group of fifty-two authors, including many of the world's leading experts on human and animal behavior, review evidence from multiple disciplines on natural conflict resolution, making the case that reconciliation and compromise are as much a part of our heritage as is waging war. Chimpanzees kiss and embrace after a fight. Children will appeal to fairness when fighting over a toy. Spotted hyenas, usually thought to be a particularly aggressive species, use reconciliation to restore damaged relationships. As these studies show, there are sound evolutionary reasons for these peacekeeping tendencies. This book also addresses the cultural, ecological, cognitive, emotional, and moral perspectives of conflict resolution.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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