This book examines the political behavior of primates in the context of a comparison of human and nonhuman social life. Essays by leading scholars from primatology and the social sciences explore the extent to which it is justifiable to speak of politics as a phenomenon among primates and show how human politics can be more deeply understood in the light of hominid evolution and primate behavior. The new paperback edition includes a new preface which reviews developments in the field since the original publication by ...
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This book examines the political behavior of primates in the context of a comparison of human and nonhuman social life. Essays by leading scholars from primatology and the social sciences explore the extent to which it is justifiable to speak of politics as a phenomenon among primates and show how human politics can be more deeply understood in the light of hominid evolution and primate behavior. The new paperback edition includes a new preface which reviews developments in the field since the original publication by Southern Illinois University Press in 1991. Contents: Foreword by Albert Somit; Preface to the Paperback Edition, Glendon Shubert and Roger D. Masters; Editors' Preface; PART I: PRIMATOLOGY AND POLITICS; Introduction: Primatological Theory, Glendon Schubert; Primate Politics, Glendon Schubert; On the Significance of the Concept of the Harem When Applied to Animals, Thelma E. Rowell; Redefining the Social Link: From Baboons to Humans, Shirley S. Strum and Bruno Latour; PART II: CHIMPANZEES; Introduction: The Missing Political Link, Glendon Schubert; Gombe Chimpanzee Politics, Jane Goodall; Sex Differences in the Formation of Coalitions among Chimpanzees, Frans B.M. de Waal; PART III: HUMAN; Introduction: Human Politics, Roger D. Masters; Tolerated Theft: Suggestions about the Ecology and Evolution of Sharing, Hoarding, and Scrounging, Nicholas G. Blurton Jones; Facial Displays and Political Leadership: Some Experimental Findings; Denis G. Sullivan and Roger D. Masters; Human Volcalizations in Agonistic Political Encounters, James N. Schubert; Conclusion: Primate Politics and Political Theory, Roger D. Masters; References; Notes on Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index
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