Men In Groups / Edition 3

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Overview

WhenMen 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, and 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.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780765805980
  • Publisher: Transaction Publishers
  • Publication date: 9/15/2007
  • Edition description: New Introduction
  • Edition number: 3
  • Pages: 292
  • Sales rank: 972,677
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.66 (d)

Meet the Author

Lionel Tiger is Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University. He is the author of The Decline of Males,Optimism,The Pursuit of Pleasure,China’s Food,The Manufacture of Evil, Men in Groups, and The Imperial Animal. In addition, he is a regular contributor to both Psychology Today and The New York Times. He is the series editor of Evolutionary Foundations of Human Behaviorfor Transaction Publishers. Lionel Tiger is Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University. He is the author of The Decline of Males,Optimism,The Pursuit of Pleasure,China’s Food,The Manufacture of Evil, Men in Groups, and The Imperial Animal. In addition, he is a regular contributor to both Psychology Today and The New York Times. He is the series editor of Evolutionary Foundations of Human Behaviorfor Transaction Publishers.

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Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Biology and the study of human behaviour 1
Ch. 2 The male bond in animal communities 18
Ch. 3 The male bond and human evolution 41
Ch. 4 The male bond in human communities : politics and war 55
Ch. 5 Work and play 93
Ch. 6 Men court men : initiations and secret societies 126
Ch. 7 Man, aggression, and men 156
Ch. 8 Some concluding remarks 194
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