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The origin of politics : human nature and the shaping of political systems  Cover Image Book Book

The origin of politics : human nature and the shaping of political systems / Nicholas Wade.

Wade, Nicholas, (author.).

Summary:

"An analysis of the ways that evolution explains why societies succeed and fail"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063379787 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 241 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The folly of ignoring human nature -- To remake the world -- Rise of monogamy, fall of tribalism -- Evolution has shaped the human mind -- The evolutionary structure of human nature -- Institutions, the sinews of society -- Politics of the First Societies-- How states develop and get rich -- Sexual strategies and differences -- Undermining the family -- The state and inequality -- The genetics of political attitudes -- Social glues and the nation state -- The nation state and the United States -- Restraining warfare -- The politics of human nature.
Subject: Political science > Anthropological aspects.
Political sociology.
State, The.

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