The Human Zoo
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
What happens when the most adaptable animal on Earth is confined to the concrete jungle of modern civilisation? In The Human Zoo, renowned zoologist and ethologist Desmond Morris presents a provocative and penetrating study of human behaviour, arguing that city-dwelling humans are, in essence, animals trapped in an unnaturally stimulating and stressful environment — not unlike wild creatures confined to a zoo. Drawing on his expertise in animal behaviour, Morris illustrates how the pressures of urban life — overcrowding, hierarchy, aggression, and status-seeking — mirror the neurotic behaviours observed in captive animals, revealing the thin veneer that separates civilised society from its primal origins. A bold and controversial follow-up to his landmark work The Naked Ape, this 1969 study cements Morris's reputation as one of the twentieth century's most fearless popularisers of science, unafraid to hold a mirror up to humanity's most uncomfortable truths. His prose is accessible yet intellectually rigorous, weaving ethology, psychology, and social commentary into a seamless and deeply unsettling argument. For anyone who has ever felt trapped by the demands of modern life, The Human Zoo raises a question that lingers long after the final page: are we truly civilised, or are we simply well-dressed animals rattling the bars of our own cage?
Author: Desmond Morris
Format: Hardback
Genre: Anthropology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
What happens when the most adaptable animal on Earth is confined to the concrete jungle of modern civilisation? In The Human Zoo, renowned zoologist and ethologist Desmond Morris presents a provocative and penetrating study of human behaviour, arguing that city-dwelling humans are, in essence, animals trapped in an unnaturally stimulating and stressful environment — not unlike wild creatures confined to a zoo. Drawing on his expertise in animal behaviour, Morris illustrates how the pressures of urban life — overcrowding, hierarchy, aggression, and status-seeking — mirror the neurotic behaviours observed in captive animals, revealing the thin veneer that separates civilised society from its primal origins. A bold and controversial follow-up to his landmark work The Naked Ape, this 1969 study cements Morris's reputation as one of the twentieth century's most fearless popularisers of science, unafraid to hold a mirror up to humanity's most uncomfortable truths. His prose is accessible yet intellectually rigorous, weaving ethology, psychology, and social commentary into a seamless and deeply unsettling argument. For anyone who has ever felt trapped by the demands of modern life, The Human Zoo raises a question that lingers long after the final page: are we truly civilised, or are we simply well-dressed animals rattling the bars of our own cage?