"The Human Potential for Peace is a real achievement, the first
systematic book of its kind, and a welcome part of the
anthropological literature. I especially liked the sweep of the
book, which broadly covers both the history of aggression as well
as the ethnographic record, moving forward to contemporary society
and applied implications."--Thomas A. Gregor, Professor of
Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
"This is an important book, and a serious one, although it is
enlivened with a number of anecdotes and personal reminiscences.
The book has great strengths, including breadth of scholarship in
different areas, as well as a critical depth in tackling some
common assumptions and cited conclusions."--Peter K. Smith,
Department of Psychology, University College London
http://www.israsociety.com/bulletin/isradec2005.pdf Read the full
review here.
"Amongst the various anthropological texts that have emerged over
the last decade, this is clearly one of the most important. At a
time when practitioners in the social sciences continue to haggle
over the relative merits of interdisciplinary approaches, of
paradigm shifts, and of the role of war and peace in human
endeavors, this book strikes a relevant chord. Douglas Fry reminds
us that in the human experience it is neither solely nature nor
nurture, neither
aggression nor camaraderie, rather it is a complex synthesis of
human endeavors resulting in a clear and resounding potential for
peace."--Agustín Fuentes, Department of Anthropology, University
of
Notre Dame
http://www.peacefulsocieties.org/NAR/051222gen.html Read the full
review here.
"The Human Potential for Peace is a real achievement, the first
systematic book of its kind, and a welcome part of the
anthropological literature. I especially liked the sweep of the
book, which broadly covers both the history of aggression as well
as the ethnographic record, moving forward to contemporary society
and applied implications."--Thomas A. Gregor, Professor of
Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
"This is an important book, and a serious one, although it is
enlivened with a number of anecdotes and personal reminiscences.
The book has great strengths, including breadth of scholarship in
different areas, as well as a critical depth in tackling some
common assumptions and cited conclusions."--Peter K. Smith,
Department of Psychology, University College London
http://www.israsociety.com/bulletin/isradec2005.pdf Read the full
review here.
"Amongst the various anthropological texts that have emerged over
the last decade, this is clearly one of the most important. At a
time when practitioners in the social sciences continue to haggle
over the relative merits of interdisciplinary approaches, of
paradigm shifts, and of the role of war and peace in human
endeavors, this book strikes a relevant chord. Douglas Fry reminds
us that in the human experience it is neither solely nature nor
nurture, neither
aggression nor camaraderie, rather it is a complex synthesis of
human endeavors resulting in a clear and resounding potential for
peace."--Agustín Fuentes, Department of Anthropology, University
of
Notre Dame
http://www.peacefulsocieties.org/NAR/051222gen.html Read the full
review here.
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