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#781 R. Brian Ferguson - Chimpanzees, War, and History: Are Men Born to Kill?

The Dissenter

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The Materialists and the Symbolists of War

The author says he comes from the materialist camp of anthropology. He believes war is more about practical interests in resources and power than cultural values systems. His new book, War: A New Anthropology, explores how this has been applied to human warfare. The final chapter gives a tour through his work since Vietnam on trying to understand different cases of war.

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