Indoctrinability, Ideology, and Warfare

Evolutionary Perspectives

• Author(s): Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Frank K. Salter,
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Pages: 490
• ISBN_10: 1571819231
  ISBN_13: 9781571819239
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Modern / 20th Century / General , Philosophy / General , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism , Psychology / General , Psychology / Ethnopsychology , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... Violent ethno-nationalist conflicts continue to mar the history of the twentieth century; yet no satisfactory answer as to why humans are susceptible to indoctrination by ideologies leading to inter-group hostility has thus far been found. This volume brings together an international team of leading scientists to address this complex issue from disciplines as diverse as anthropology, psychology, psychobiology, sociology, philosophy, ethology, sociology, and political science. Treating the processes of indoctrination as a biological phenomenon with physiological and psychological aspects, these essays explore the answers to this pressing question in humanity's evolutionary past.