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Annals of Anthropology: Vengeance Is Ours: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
by Decius at 8:58 am EDT, Apr 25, 2008 |
In the Highlands of New Guinea, rival clans have often fought wars lasting decades, in which each killing provokes another.
I haven't read it, but given the author and the subject I'm sure it is interesting. |
Annals of Anthropology: Vengeance Is Ours: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
by k at 11:03 am EDT, Apr 25, 2008 |
In the Highlands of New Guinea, rival clans have often fought wars lasting decades, in which each killing provokes another.
I haven't read it, but given the author and the subject I'm sure it is interesting. [ Very interesting. Dovetails into the Matt Ridley book I just finished - The Origins of Virtue. If this sort of thing interests you, I recommend it... talks a great deal about the genetic and social imperatives behind cooperation or non-cooperation and the evolution (and optimization, less convincingly) of powerful, cooperating social groups. |
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