The Territorial Imperative by Robert Ardrey
A Personal Inquiry Into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
Combining observations from ethology, anthropology and history, the work argues that territoriality is an innate, evolutionarily conserved drive shared by animals and humans, shaping patterns of aggression, social organization, mating, property and boundary-making. It traces how defense of space underlies many human institutions and conflicts—from family and community to nations and war—and contends that understanding these biological impulses is essential to explaining and managing human social behavior.
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- Published
- 1966
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- American
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- 256 pages
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