Why humans fight

Cambridge University Press

2022

ix, 368 p.

9781009162791

Introduction: the social anatomy of fighting 1. The body and the mind: biology and close-range violence 2. Profiting from fighting: the economics of micro-level violence 3. Clashing beliefs: the ideological fighters 4. Enforced fighting: coercing humans into violence 5. Fighting for others: the networks of micro-bonds 6. Avoiding violence: the structural context of non-fighting 7. Social pugnacity in the combat zone 8. Organisational power and social cohesion on the battlefield 9. Emotions and close-range fighting 10. Killing in war: the emotional dynamics of social pugnacity 11. The future of close-range violence. Conclusion: the sociality of fighting

Английский