Read Agner Fog's introductory post on our blog [...] it presents a valuable overview of the extensive literature on the societal correlates of modern warfare and makes a convincing, and timely, case for the deceptive use of the threat of war by populists or budding dictators. — Carel P. van Schaik, University of Zurich, Adaptive Behaviour (May 2018) https://doi.org/10.1177/105971231877197…
Are humans violent or peaceful by nature? We are both.In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Agner Fog presents a ground-breaking new argument that explains the existence of differently organised societies using evolutionary theory. It combines natural sciences and social sciences in a way that is rarely seen.According to a concept called regality theory, people show a preference for authorit…