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The Pursuit of Kindness: An Evolutionary History of Human Nature
Éamonn Toland
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Description for The Pursuit of Kindness: An Evolutionary History of Human Nature
Hardback.
Richard Dawkins once wrote, "Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish."
He was wrong.
The Pursuit of Kindness is an evolutionary history of human nature which provides compelling evidence from biology, psychology and archaeology that for 95 percent of the time we have walked the earth, survival of the fittest for our species has meant survival of the kindest. Archaeological evidence from the upper Paleolithic shows that inter-group conflict was minimal, and population density was very low. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors probably had high rates of punitive homicide, but a rudimentary moral sense ... Read more
Richard Dawkins once wrote, "Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish."
He was wrong.
The Pursuit of Kindness is an evolutionary history of human nature which provides compelling evidence from biology, psychology and archaeology that for 95 percent of the time we have walked the earth, survival of the fittest for our species has meant survival of the kindest. Archaeological evidence from the upper Paleolithic shows that inter-group conflict was minimal, and population density was very low. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors probably had high rates of punitive homicide, but a rudimentary moral sense ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Liberties Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781912589210
SKU
9781912589210
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About Éamonn Toland
Éamonn Toland read Modern History and Economics at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, where he received a Lawlor Foundation Scholarship. After graduation he worked as a management consultant with Accenture and McKinsey & Co., and as an entrepreneur and business executive. In addition to being a media spokesman for Accenture, he has written articles for the London Times and Telegraph, appeared ... Read more
Reviews for The Pursuit of Kindness: An Evolutionary History of Human Nature
Entertaining, accessible and important, The Pursuit of Kindness is set to be one of the most important books of 2021. […] With this, his first book, Éamonn Toland has joined the ranks of Malcolm Gladwell and Steven Pinker.
Seán Black, best-selling author of the Lockdown series 02/06/2021
...the case he makes is utterly convincing. The way he tells ... Read more
Seán Black, best-selling author of the Lockdown series 02/06/2021
...the case he makes is utterly convincing. The way he tells ... Read more