Description
Animals do not normally exhibit stress, random violence, and erratic behavior-until they are confined. Similarly, the human propensity toward antisocial and sociopathic behavior is intensified in today's cities. Morris argues that we are biologically still tribal and ill-equipped to thrive in the impersonal urban sprawl. As important and meaningful today as it was a quarter-century ago, THE HUMAN ZOO sounds an urgent warning and provides startling insight into our increasingly complex lives.
About the Author
DESMOND MORRIS is the author of more than thirty books, including THE NAKED APE, INTIMATE BEHAVIOUR, and HUMAN ANIMAL. He lives in Oxford, England.
Reviews
"Ambitious...compelling...concerned with the tension between our biology and our culture...in power, sex, status, and war games." -The New York Times
"Morris helps us take a new look at ourselves, not against the backdrop of our accepted culture, but against the wider vistas of our biological heritage." -The Chicago Tribune
Book Information
ISBN 9781568361048
Author Desmond Morris
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Kodansha America, Inc
Publisher Kodansha America, Inc
Weight(grams) 380g
Dimensions(mm) 213mm * 145mm * 17mm