001478243 000__ 07020nam\a22008895i\4500 001478243 001__ 1478243 001478243 003__ DE-B1597 001478243 005__ 20231026034852.0 001478243 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478243 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478243 008__ 220524t20212001mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478243 020__ $$a9780674028449 001478243 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674028449$$2doi 001478243 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)574456 001478243 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1243311449 001478243 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478243 0410_ $$aeng 001478243 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478243 050_4 $$aBS651$$b.B755 2007ab 001478243 072_7 $$aSCI027000$$2bisacsh 001478243 1001_ $$aBoehm, Christopher, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001478243 24510 $$aHierarchy in the Forest :$$bThe Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior /$$cChristopher Boehm. 001478243 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2021] 001478243 264_4 $$c©2001 001478243 300__ $$a1 online resource (304 p.) 001478243 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478243 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478243 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478243 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478243 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478243 520__ $$aAre humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest addresses this question by examining the evolutionary origins of social and political behavior. Christopher Boehm, an anthropologist whose fieldwork has focused on the political arrangements of human and nonhuman primate groups, postulates that egalitarianism is in effect a hierarchy in which the weak combine forces to dominate the strong. The political flexibility of our species is formidable: we can be quite egalitarian, we can be quite despotic. Hierarchy in the Forest traces the roots of these contradictory traits in chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and early human societies. Boehm looks at the loose group structures of hunter-gatherers, then at tribal segmentation, and finally at present-day governments to see how these conflicting tendencies are reflected. Hierarchy in the Forest claims new territory for biological anthropology and evolutionary biology by extending the domain of these sciences into a crucial aspect of human political and social behavior. This book will be a key document in the study of the evolutionary basis of genuine altruism.Table of Contents: The Question of Egalitarian Society Hierarchy and Equality Putting Down Aggressors Equality and Its Causes A Wider View of Egalitarianism The Hominoid Political Spectrum Ancestral Politics The Evolution of Egalitarian Society Paleolithic Politics and Natural Selection Ambivalence and Compromise in Human Nature References Index Reviews of this book: This well-written book, geared toward an audience with background in the behavioral and evolutionary sciences but accessible to a broad readership, raises two general questions: 'What is an egalitarian society?' and 'How have these societies evolved?'.[Christopher Boehm] takes the reader on a journey from the Arctic to the Americas, from Australia to Africa, in search of hunter-gatherer and tribal societies that emanate the egalitarian ethos--one that promotes generosity, altruism and sharing but forbids upstartism, aggression and egoism. Throughout this journey, Boehm tantalizes the reader with vivid anthropological accounts of ridicule, criticism, ostracism and even execution--prevalent tactics used by subordinates in egalitarian societies to level the social playing field.Hierarchy in the Forest is an interesting and thought-provoking book that is surely an important contribution to perspectives on human sociality and politics.--Ryan Earley, American ScientistReviews of this book: Combing an exhaustive ethnographic survey of human societies from groups of hunter-gatherers to contemporary residents of the Balkans with a detailed analysis of the behavioral attributes of non-human primates (chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos), Boehm focuses on whether humans are hierarchical or egalitarian by nature.[Boehm's hypotheses] are invariably intriguing and well documented.He raises topics of wide interest and his book should get attention.--Publishers WeeklyBoehm has been the first to look at egalitarianism with a cold, unromantic eye. He sees it as a victory over hierarchical tendencies, which are equally marked in our species. I would predict that his insightful examination will reverberate within anthropology and the social sciences as well as among biologists interested in the evolution of social systems.--Frans de Waal, Emory UniversityHierarchy in the Forest is an original and stimulating contribution to thinking about the origins of egalitarianism. I personally find Boehm's ideas convincing, but whether one agrees with him or not, he has formulated his hypotheses in such a way that this book is likely to set the terms of the discussion for the forseeable future.--Barbara Smuts, University of MichiganThe most unique and interesting feature of this clear, we 001478243 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478243 546__ $$aIn English. 001478243 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. 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