{"product_id":"hierarchy-in-the-forest-christopher-boehm-9780674006911","title":"Hierarchy in the Forest: The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior","description":"\u003cp\u003eAre humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? \u003ci\u003eHierarchy in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e addresses this question by examining the evolutionary origins of social and political behavior. Christopher Boehm, an anthropologist whose fieldwork has focused on the political arrangements of human and nonhuman primate groups, postulates that egalitarianism is in effect a hierarchy in which the weak combine forces to dominate the strong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe political flexibility of our species is formidable: we can be quite egalitarian, we can be quite despotic. \u003ci\u003eHierarchy in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e traces the roots of these contradictory traits in chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and early human societies. Boehm looks at the loose group structures of hunter-gatherers, then at tribal segmentation, and finally at present-day governments to see how these conflicting tendencies are reflected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHierarchy in the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e claims new territory for biological anthropology and evolutionary biology by extending the domain of these sciences into a crucial aspect of human political and social behavior. This book will be a key document in the study of the evolutionary basis of genuine altruism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Boehm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674006917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674006911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Christopher Boehm","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993979977983,"sku":"9780674006911","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64658051-e2a0-443c-9789-275428b44022.jpg?v=1683327415","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hierarchy-in-the-forest-christopher-boehm-9780674006911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}