Men in Groups (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Tiger, Lionel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When Men in Groups was first published in l969, the New York Times daily critic titled his review "The Disturbing Rediscovery of the Obvious." What was so obvious was male bonding, a phrase that entered the language. The links between males in groups Tiger describes extend through many other primate species, through our evolution as hunters/gatherers, and cross-culturally.

Male bonding characterizes human groups as varied as the Vatican Council, the New York Yankees, the Elks and Masons the secret societies of Sierra Leone and Kenya.The power of Tiger's book is its identification of the powerful links between men and the impact of females and families on essentially male groups. While the world has changed much, the argument of the book and its new introduction by the author suggest that a species-specific pattern ofamale bonding continues to be part of the human default system. Perhaps one day concrete evidence of its location will emerge from the startling work on the human genome, just as the elaborate and consequential sex differences to which Men in Groups drew such pioneering attention have already become part of the common wisdom. Meanwhile, Men in Groups remains a measured andaresponsibleabut intrepid inspection of a major aspect of human social organization and personal behavior. The book was controversial when it first appeared, and often foolishly and unduly scorned. But it has remained a fundamental contribution to the emerging synthesis between the social and natural sciences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351505833
• Artikelnr.: 48867159

Autorenporträt

Lionel Tiger

Inhaltsangabe

Transaction Introduction: Third Time Lucky
Acknowledgements
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE. Biology and the Study of Human Behaviour
CHAPTER TWO. The Male Bond in Animal Communities
CHAPTER THREE. The Male Bond and Human Evolution
CHAPTER FOUR. The Male Bond in Human Communities: Politics and War
CHAPTER FIVE. Work and Play
CHAPTER SIX. Men Court Men: Initiations and Secret Societies
CHAPTER SEVEN. Man
Aggression
and Men
CHAPTER EIGHT. Some Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index