The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Classic Study of the Urban Animal (Kodansha Glo...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 1996
- ISBN
- 9781568361048
- Book Title
- Human Zoo : a Zoologist's Classic Study of the Urban Animal
- Publisher
- Kodansha America, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Social Science, Psychology
- Topic
- General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- Item Weight
- 13.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Kodansha America, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1568361041
ISBN-13
9781568361048
eBay Product ID (ePID)
436021
Product Key Features
Book Title
Human Zoo : a Zoologist's Classic Study of the Urban Animal
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Social Science, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
95-081946
Dewey Edition
18
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Ambitious...compelling...concerned with the tension between our biology and our culture...in power, sex, status, and war games." -- The New York Times "Morris helps us take a new look at ourselves, not against the backdrop of our accepted culture, but against the wider vistas of our biological heritage." -- The Chicago Tribune
Dewey Decimal
156
Synopsis
How does city life change the way we act? What accounts for the increasing prevalence of violence and anxiety in our world? In this new edition of his controversial 1969 bestseller, The Human Zoo , renowned zoologist Desmond Morris argues that many of the social instabilities we face are largely a product of the artificial, impersonal confines of our urban surroundings. Indeed, our behavior often startlingly resembles that of captive animals, and our developed and urbane environment seems not so much a concrete jungle as it does a human zoo. Animals do not normally exhibit stress, random violence, and erratic behavioruntil they are confined. Similarly, the human propensity toward antisocial and sociopathic behavior is intensified in todays cities. Morris argues that we are biologically still tribal and ill-equipped to thrive in the impersonal urban sprawl. As important and meaningful today as it was a quarter-century ago, The Human Zoo sounds an urgent warning and provides startling insight into our increasingly complex lives., How does city life change the way we act? What accounts for the increasing prevalence of violence and anxiety in our world? In this new edition of his controversial 1969 bestseller, THE HUMAN ZOO, renowned zoologist Desmond Morris argues that many of the social instabilities we face are largely a product of the artificial, impersonal confines of our urban surroundings. Indeed, our behavior often startlingly resembles that of captive animals, and our "developed" and "urbane" environment seems not so much a concrete jungle as it does a human zoo. Animals do not normally exhibit stress, random violence, and erratic behavior--until they are confined. Similarly, the human propensity toward antisocial and sociopathic behavior is intensified in today's cities. Morris argues that we are biologically still tribal and ill-equipped to thrive in the impersonal urban sprawl. As important and meaningful today as it was a quarter-century ago, THE HUMAN ZOO sounds an urgent warning and provides startling insight into our increasingly complex lives.
LC Classification Number
BF701.M6 1996
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