Man And Monkey
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What separates civilized man from his primate cousins — and is the distance really as great as we like to think? Man and Monkey presents a provocative and unsettling reappraisal of humanity through the lens of our closest biological relatives, challenging comfortable assumptions about intelligence, society, and the nature of civilisation itself. Drawing on zoology, anthropology, and behavioural science, Leonard Williams constructs a compelling argument that the line between man and monkey is far thinner — and far more troubling — than modern society cares to admit. Richly illustrated and written with sharp wit and disarming clarity, this work sits at the crossroads of natural history and social commentary, using primate behaviour as a mirror held unflinchingly up to human culture. Williams brings a rare intimacy to his subject, informed by years of direct experience with primates, lending the text an authority that is both scientific and deeply personal. A book that provokes as much as it informs, Man and Monkey leaves the reader with one quietly unsettling question: are we really more than a naked ape — or less?
Author: Leonard Williams
Format: Paperback
Genre: Zoology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What separates civilized man from his primate cousins — and is the distance really as great as we like to think? Man and Monkey presents a provocative and unsettling reappraisal of humanity through the lens of our closest biological relatives, challenging comfortable assumptions about intelligence, society, and the nature of civilisation itself. Drawing on zoology, anthropology, and behavioural science, Leonard Williams constructs a compelling argument that the line between man and monkey is far thinner — and far more troubling — than modern society cares to admit. Richly illustrated and written with sharp wit and disarming clarity, this work sits at the crossroads of natural history and social commentary, using primate behaviour as a mirror held unflinchingly up to human culture. Williams brings a rare intimacy to his subject, informed by years of direct experience with primates, lending the text an authority that is both scientific and deeply personal. A book that provokes as much as it informs, Man and Monkey leaves the reader with one quietly unsettling question: are we really more than a naked ape — or less?