TY - JOUR
T1 - The human motivational complex
T2 - Evolutionary theory and the causes of hunter-gatherer fighting, part II. Proximate, subordinate, and derivative causes
AU - Gat, Azar
PY - 2000/4
Y1 - 2000/4
N2 - The study addresses the causes of fighting among hunter-gatherers, whose way of life represents 99.5 percent of human history. Focusing on somatic and reproductive causes in Part I and on such diverse causes as dominance, revenge, the "security dilemma," and "pugnacity" in Part II, the study seeks to show how all these motives, rather than being separate, come together in an integrated motivational complex, shaped by the logic of evolution and natural selection.
AB - The study addresses the causes of fighting among hunter-gatherers, whose way of life represents 99.5 percent of human history. Focusing on somatic and reproductive causes in Part I and on such diverse causes as dominance, revenge, the "security dilemma," and "pugnacity" in Part II, the study seeks to show how all these motives, rather than being separate, come together in an integrated motivational complex, shaped by the logic of evolution and natural selection.
KW - Causes of war
KW - Evolutionary theory
KW - Hunter-gatherers
KW - Interpretative approaches
KW - Primitive warfare
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AN - SCOPUS:0034345526
SN - 0003-5491
VL - 73
SP - 74
EP - 88
JO - Anthropological Quarterly
JF - Anthropological Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -
