The Human Swarm

Höfundur: Mark W. Moffett (Útgáfa: 1)
The Human Swarm

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A specialist on social insects writes about the origins and implications of our own vast social organisation, and the ways in which our ethnic and national distinctions mirror those of other animals. In this paradigm-shattering book, biologist Mark W. Moffett draws on findings in psychology, sociology and anthropology to explain the social adaptations that bind societies. He explores how the tension between identity and anonymity defines how societies develop, function, and fail.

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Útgefandi
Bloomsbury UK
ISBN
9781789544190
Print ISBN
9781789544183
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
1
Höfundar
Mark W. Moffett
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2019-04-04
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
10
Afritunar takmörkun
10

Kaflar

  • Cover
  • Praise for The Human Swarm
  • Also by Mark W. Moffett
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • THE JOURNEY AHEAD
  • SECTION I: Affiliation and Recognition
  • CHAPTER 1: What a Society Isn’t (and What It Is)
  • WHAT HOLDS US TOGETHER
  • SOCIETIES THAT GET ALONG
  • COOPERATION WITHOUT SOCIETIES
  • CHAPTER 2: What Vertebrates Get out of Being in a Society
  • THE ADVANTAGES OF SOCIETIES FOR MAMMALS
  • RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN A SOCIETY
  • CHAPTER 3: On the Move
  • TOGETHER OR APART
  • SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES
  • CHAPTER 4: Individual Recognition
  • RECOGNIZABLY DIFFERENT
  • DEMANDS OF MEMORY
  • INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION AND THE SIZE OF SOCIETIES
  • SECTION II: Anonymous Societies
  • CHAPTER 5: Ants and Humans, Apples and Oranges
  • PUTTING TOGETHER A LARGE SOCIETY: LESSONS FROM THE ANT
  • DIVIDING UP THE WORK IN AN ANT EMPIRE
  • COMPLEXITY IN SOCIETIES, LARGE AND SMALL
  • CHAPTER 6: The Ultimate Nationalists
  • THE IGNORANT ANT
  • ANONYMITY
  • ANONYMITY WITH A BACKBONE
  • BREEDING AN ANT KINGDOM
  • CHAPTER 7: Anonymous Humans
  • MARKING OUR SOCIETIES
  • RECOGNIZING MARKERS
  • THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE, AND WHAT REALLY MATTERS
  • PERMISSIBLE VARIATION, ECCENTRICS, AND OUTLIERS
  • STRAIN ON THE BRAIN
  • SECTION III: Hunter-Gatherers Until Recent Times
  • CHAPTER 8: Band Societies
  • FISSION-FUSION AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
  • THE REALITY OF HUNTER-GATHERER SOCIETIES
  • ANCIENT RACES
  • ANONYMOUS NOMADS
  • CHAPTER 9: The Nomadic Life
  • JACK OF ALL TRADES
  • GOVERNMENT BY DISCUSSION
  • COLLECTIVE DECISIONS
  • THE ADVANTAGES OF SOCIETIES FOR HUMANS: LIVING IN BANDS
  • CHAPTER 10: Settling Down
  • GATHERING TOGETHER
  • THE RAINY-DAY MENTALITY
  • LEADERSHIP
  • BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WAYS OF LIFE
  • LIVING WITH DIFFERENCES
  • FEELING SUPERIOR
  • SETTLEMENTS AND POWER DIFFERENCES IN PREHISTORY
  • SECTION IV: The Deep History of Human Anonymous Societies
  • CHAPTER 11: Pant-Hoots and Passwords
  • PUZZLING OUT THE PAST
  • EVOLVING MARKERS
  • THE PASSWORD
  • LIVING BILLBOARDS
  • CULTURAL RATCHETING
  • SECTION V: Functioning (or Not) in Societies
  • CHAPTER 12: Sensing Others
  • DYING FOR A FLAG
  • HOW BABIES CATEGORIZE PEOPLE
  • THE HUMAN ESSENCE AND “ALIENS”
  • ORDER FROM CHAOS
  • SUBCONSCIOUS ALARMS
  • CHAPTER 13: Stereotypes and Stories
  • SNAP JUDGMENTS
  • REMEMBERING, FORGETTING, MEANING, AND STORIES
  • CHAPTER 14: The Great Chain
  • RANKING OTHERS
  • SURVIVING AT THE BOTTOM
  • PREJUDICES AMONG ANIMALS AND IN EVOLUTION
  • CHAPTER 15: Grand Unions
  • SOCIETY BECOMES SELF
  • ACTING AS ONE
  • CHAPTER 16: Putting Kin in Their Place
  • KINSHIP AND SOCIETIES IN NATURE
  • THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIP IQ
  • FROM FICTIVE KINSHIP TO EXTENDED FAMILIES
  • SECTION VI: Peace and Conflict
  • CHAPTER 17: Is Conflict Necessary?
  • ACTS OF EXTRAORDINARY BRUTALITY
  • VIOLENCE AND IDENTITY
  • MOVING AWAY FROM VIOLENCE: LESSONS FROM NATURE
  • CHAPTER 18: Playing Well with Others
  • THE VARIETY OF ALLIANCES
  • KEEPING THINGS MOVING
  • THE FIRST MARKETPLACES
  • TRADING AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
  • SECTION VII: The Life and Death of Societies
  • CHAPTER 19: The Lifecycle of Societies
  • A FRESH START IN THE CHIMPANZEE AND BONOBO
  • OTHER WAYS TO FOUND A SOCIETY
  • BREAKING HUMAN SOCIETIES
  • CHAPTER 20: The Dynamic “Us”
  • IMPROVEMENTS AND INNOVATIONS
  • THE BIRTH OF AN OUTGROUP
  • THE ULTIMATE SEVERING
  • CHAPTER 21: Inventing Foreigners and the Death of Societies
  • DIVISIONS AND THE PERCEPTION OF US AND THEM
  • THE MAGIC NUMBER
  • HOW SOCIETIES DIE
  • SECTION VIII: Tribes to Nations
  • CHAPTER 22: Turning a Village into a Conquering Society
  • FOOD AND SPACE
  • VILLAGE SOCIETIES
  • SOCIETIES DON’T FREELY MERGE
  • ACCEPTING AN OUTSIDER
  • TAKING IN SLAVES
  • THE CONQUERING SOCIETIES
  • CHAPTER 23: Building and Breaking a Nation
  • ORGANIZATION AND IDENTITY IN STATE SOCIETIES
  • THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATIONS
  • FRAGMENTATION, SIMPLIFICATION, AND CYCLES
  • THE ADVANCE AND RETREAT OF NATIONS
  • SECTION IX: From Captive to Neighbor … to Global Citizen?
  • CHAPTER 24: The Rise of Ethnicities
  • CONTROL
  • ASSIMILATION
  • DOMINANCE
  • STATUS
  • INTEGRATION
  • CHAPTER 25: Divided We Stand
  • ROLE
  • RACE
  • CITIZENSHIP
  • NATIONALISTS AND PATRIOTS
  • CHAPTER 26: The Inevitability of Societies
  • DREAMS OF A UNIVERSAL SOCIETY
  • SOCIETIES AND BEING HUMAN
  • CONCLUSION: Identities Shift and Societies Shatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19
  • Chapter 20
  • Chapter 21
  • Chapter 22
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 24
  • Chapter 25
  • Chapter 26
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author
  • An Invitation from the Publisher