GS232 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Human Behaviour, Structural Violence, Utopia
Document Summary
Recent research in 3 key areas: studying animal aggression and fighting. Intraspecific violent conflict, common in animal kingdom: studying conflict by hunter gathers and archeological evidence. Contact paradox-confront challenges of finding groups not contaminated by contact-pushed to violence, marginalized etc. by exposure. Homo sapiens- ability to organize into regional or network kin groups may have led to our evolutionary success against other hominids: studying evolutionary theory. Sigmund feud-killer instinct: self-destructive drive; death instinct. Violence as a tool satisfy basic needs. Natural only as a skill, potential or pre-disposition. We can chose to use it or not. Used to support survival and species reproduction. Violence serves a purpose, no reason for existence but prove to be successful techniques throughout human history in struggle for survival. Increase size of group: reduces and spreads risks and benefits (cid:498)us(cid:499) vs. (cid:498)them(cid:499) differentiation-culture, language, rituals and ceremonies.
