On Aggression
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
What drives living creatures — from fish to primates — to fight, dominate, and destroy their own kind? In On Aggression, Nobel Prize-winning ethologist Konrad Lorenz presents a landmark scientific investigation into the biological roots of aggressive behaviour, arguing that aggression is not a pathological aberration but an innate, instinct-driven force deeply embedded in the animal kingdom — and in humanity itself. Drawing on decades of meticulous field observation, Lorenz chronicles the ritualised combat of animals, the social hierarchies of wolf packs, and the evolutionary pressures that shaped the aggressive impulse, building a compelling case that understanding this drive is essential to understanding life itself. Published in 1966 and translated from the original German Das Sogenannte Böse (literally The So-Called Evil), this work stands as one of the most provocative and widely debated scientific texts of the 20th century. Lorenz writes with the clarity and passion of a born naturalist, making rigorous ethological science accessible without sacrificing intellectual depth. His central thesis — that human aggression, untempered by the natural inhibitions found in other species, poses a unique existential danger — remains as urgent and unsettling today as when it was first written. Does civilisation redirect our most primal instincts, or merely disguise them?
Author: Konrad Lorenz
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Methuen
Genre: Zoology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
What drives living creatures — from fish to primates — to fight, dominate, and destroy their own kind? In On Aggression, Nobel Prize-winning ethologist Konrad Lorenz presents a landmark scientific investigation into the biological roots of aggressive behaviour, arguing that aggression is not a pathological aberration but an innate, instinct-driven force deeply embedded in the animal kingdom — and in humanity itself. Drawing on decades of meticulous field observation, Lorenz chronicles the ritualised combat of animals, the social hierarchies of wolf packs, and the evolutionary pressures that shaped the aggressive impulse, building a compelling case that understanding this drive is essential to understanding life itself. Published in 1966 and translated from the original German Das Sogenannte Böse (literally The So-Called Evil), this work stands as one of the most provocative and widely debated scientific texts of the 20th century. Lorenz writes with the clarity and passion of a born naturalist, making rigorous ethological science accessible without sacrificing intellectual depth. His central thesis — that human aggression, untempered by the natural inhibitions found in other species, poses a unique existential danger — remains as urgent and unsettling today as when it was first written. Does civilisation redirect our most primal instincts, or merely disguise them?