100T英语学习资源

从部落到国家 – The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall by Mark W. Moffett

请想象如下场景:在一个机场中挤满了安静候机的陌生人。如果候机的不是人类,而是黑猩猩,那惊慌失措肯定是免不了的,甚至很可能出现血腥的杀戮。

人类是如何做到与全然陌生的同类共处一室而相安无事的呢?

对这个问题大惑不解的人类学家,在很早以前,就通过对黑猩猩展开研究来寻求答案了。在这本书中,生物学家马克·W. 莫菲特带领我们去考察一种令人意想不到的生物:蚂蚁。在蚂蚁组成的社会之中,每个个体对彼此来说都是陌生的,尽管如此,这些小家伙聚在一起却取得了很多惊人的成就。

《从部落到国家》通过观察、分析并总结让匿名社会生生不息的基本原理,揭示了人类是如何基于一些共同特征,比如服饰、手势、口音、信仰等群体身份标志,实现彼此互动并繁衍生息的。书中结合人类学、心理学、社会学和历史学等领域的全新发现,回答了以下问题:尽管人类害怕外来者,但我们的社会为何仍能发展出像玛雅文明或美国一样巨大的规模?为什么社会能保持独立地位,但却无法避免逐渐走向衰落的命运,直至灭亡?

The epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species

If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles – or Borneo – with very little fear. Psychologists have done little to explain this: for years, they have held that our biology puts a hard upper limit – about 150 people – on the size of our social groups. But human societies are in fact vastly larger. How do we manage – by and large – to get along with each other?

In this paradigm-shattering book, biologist Mark W. Moffett draws on findings in psychology, sociology, and anthropology to explain the social adaptations that bind societies. He explores how the tension between identity and anonymity defines how societies develop, function, and fail. Surpassing Guns, Germs, and Steel and Sapiens, The Human Swarm reveals how mankind created sprawling civilizations of unrivaled complexity – and what it will take to sustain them.

文本下载

力哥爱阅读

下载信息已被隐藏,请在下方输入 验证码 查看隐藏内容

关注微信公众号,回复“验证码”,获取验证码。 在微信里搜索“力哥爱阅读”或扫码关注。

⚠️ 取关用户无法收到验证码或任何消息,无需再次关注 ⚠️

资源下载
音频
下载价格10 学分
VIP免费
GoodReads评分:3.63
文件格式:Mobi Epub Pdf MP3
0
显示验证码
没有账号?注册  忘记密码?