Social Sciences / Philosophy & Psychology / ON AGGRESSION by Konrad LORENZ

• Book Title: ON AGGRESSION
• Author: Konrad LORENZ
• ISBN: B000MTM0CA
• Publisher: Methuen
• Year Published: 1966
• Our Price: £20.90 GBP ($40.76 USD)
• Description: Methuen & Co. 1966 ; first British edition : hard cover in dust jacket: 273 pages including index. Synopsis: A detailed study of the instinct of aggression in humans and animals, in which the author draws upon his wealth of personal knowledge as he examines the theories and progress of aggression as an aid to maintaining the survival of the species. He examines its effects on species distribution, reproductive selection, the order of precedence within a species, the process of ritual isolation, and its effect on communities of ascending social cohesion. He describes the process of redirected aggression and examines the dangers of species eradicatioin in higher animalsn, maintaining that it can be averted . The author and comparative ethologist, Conrad Lorentz, also wrote ' King Solomon's Ring ' and ' Man Meets Dog '. Contents: Foreword by Sir Julian Huxley, Introduction. Prologue in the Sea. Coral Fish in The Laboratory. What Aggression Is Good For. The Spontaneity of Aggression . Habit, Ritual and Magic. The Great Parliament of Instincts. Behaviourol Analogies to Reality. Anonymity Of the Flock Social Organisation with out Love. Rats. The Bond. On The Virtue of Scientific Humility. Ecce Homo. Avowal of Optimism. Recommended books. Bibliography. Index. Condition: very clean and good overall.
• Condition: Collectable- Very Good
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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