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A stimulating and innovative consideration of the concept, causes, and practice of peace in societies both ancient and modern, human and primate.

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A Natural History of
Peace
Edited by Thomas Gregor VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY PRESS Nashville and London - photo 1
Edited by Thomas Gregor
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY PRESS
Nashville and London
title:A Natural History of Peace
author:Gregor, Thomas.
publisher:Vanderbilt University Press
isbn10 | asin:0826512720
print isbn13:9780826512727
ebook isbn13:9780585033099
language:English
subjectPeace--History.
publication date:1996
lcc:JX1963.N25 1996eb
ddc:327.1/72
subject:Peace--History.
Copyright 1996 by Vanderbilt University Press
Nashville, Tennessee 37235
All Rights Reserved
Publication and promotion of this book has been supported by a generous grant from
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
First Edition 1996
96 97 98 99 00 5 4 3 2 1
This publication is made from recycled paper and meets the minimum requirements
of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper
for Printed Library Materials
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A natural history of peace/edited by Thomas Gregor. 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8265-1272-0 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-8265-1280-1
(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Peace-History. I. Gregor, Thomas.
JX1963.N25 1996
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Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction by Thomas Gregor
ix
PART ONE: What Is Peace?
1
The Specter of Peace in Unlikely Places: Concept and
Paradox in the Anthropology of Peace
DONALD TUZIN
3
PART TWO: Broad Perspectives on Peace: The
Primate Heritage, Evolution, and Comparative Anthropology
2
The Biological Basis of Peaceful Coexistence: A Review
of Reconciliation Research on Monkeys and Apes
FRANS B. M. DE WAAL
37
3
The Human Evolution of Cooperative Interest
71
BRUCE M. KNAUFT
4
The Natural History of Peace: A Positive View of
Human Nature and Its Potential
95
LESLIE E. SPONSEL
PART THREE: The Psychology of Peace
5
The Psychological and Cultural Roots of Group
Violence and the Creation of Caring Societies and
Peaceful Group Relations
129
ERVIN STAUB

Page vi
PART FOUR: Community-Level Case Studies of Peace
6
Two Paths to Peace: Semai and Mehinaku Nonviolence
159
THOMAS GREGOR
CLAYTON A. ROBARCHEK
7
The Aucas, the Cannibals, and the Missionaries:
From Warfare to Peacefulness Among the Waorani
189
CLAYTON A. ROBARCHEK
CAROLE J. ROBARCHEK
PART FIVE: State Systems and Cycles of Peace and War
8
War, Peace, and the Collapse of a Native American Civilization: Lessons for Contemporary Systems of Conflict
215
ARTHUR A. DEMAREST
9
Why Violence Is Rejected or Renounced: A Case Study of Oppositional Terrorism
249
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