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Pursuit of Kindness, The: An Evolutionary History of Human Nature

$63.00

Pursuit of Kindness, The: An Evolutionary History of Human Nature

SKU: 9781912589210 Category: Product ID: 283012

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Title: Pursuit of Kindness, The: An Evolutionary History of Human Nature
Author: TOLAND EAMONN
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 28/10/2021
Imprint: LIBERTIES PRESS
Price: $63.00
Publishing status: Active

The Pursuit of Kindness is an evolutionary history of human nature which provides compelling
evidence from biology, psychology and archaeology that for 95 percent of the time we have
walked the earth, survival of the fittest for our species has meant survival of the kindest.
Archaeological evidence from the upper Paleolithic shows that inter-group conflict was minimal,
and population density was very low. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors probably had high rates of
punitive homicide, but a rudimentary moral sense is hard-wired in us all, even though it is very
influenced by environmental factors thereafter.
The era of Brexit and Trump has laid bare how quickly cultural norms of tolerance that persisted
for hundreds of years can be rapidly overturned when disaster strikes. People blame-storm and
scapegoat immigrants, religious minorities and social misfits for all of society’s ills. The author
argues that we need to recognise what we have in common in order to nurture the pursuit of
kindness.

ISBN: 9781912589210
Dimension: 230mm X 155mm

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Dimensions 230 × 155 mm