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Chimpanzee Politics:

Power and Sex Among Apes 25th Anniversay Edition
  • ISBN-13: 9780801886560
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Frans de Waal
  • Price: AUD $69.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/11/2007
  • Format: Paperback (100.00mm X 100.00mm) 256 pages Weight: 520g
  • Categories: Nature & existence of God [HRAB1]
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The first edition of Frans de Waal's Chimpanzee Politics was acclaimed not only by primatologists for its scientific achievement but also by politicians, business leaders, and social psychologists for its remarkable insights into the most basic human needs and behaviors. Twenty-five years later, this book is considered a classic.Featuring a new preface that includes recent insights from the author, this anniversary edition is a detailed and thoroughly engrossing account of sexual rivalries and coalitions, of actions governed by intelligence rather than instinct. As we watch the chimpanzees of Arnhem behave in ways we recognize from Machiavelli (and from the nightly news), de Waal reminds us again that the roots of politics are older than humanity.“Even more enlightening than Machiavelli's The Prince, this bookdescribes power takeovers and social organizations in a chimpanzeecolony. —Jim Collins, Inc.“gingrich has been an avid follower of de Waal's work for years. Hehas even placed de Waal's Chimpanzee Politics on his recommendedreading list, along with better known texts such as the declaration ofIndependence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Federalist Papers.—Business Week“The best book ever written on the social life of apes in captivity.-Human Ethology Newsletter

Preface to the 25th Anniversary EditionIntroduction1. Personalities2. Two Power Takeovers3. Restless Stability4. Sexual Privileges5. Social MechanismsConclusionEpilogueNotesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

""An excellent book... Just as fresh and thought-provoking in 2008 as it was in 1983.""

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