Dominance Behavior: An Evolutive and Comparative Perspective

This book explores the relationship between dominance, an ancient animal behavioral drive, and human nature and actions. It discusses how dominance interferes with the expression of a truly human, cooperative social construction and fosters conflicts based on profit or comparative advantage. It also highlights how the quest for knowledge is often employed by opportunistic strategies that seek dominance. The book is relevant to students of neuroscience, biology, political sciences, and anthropology.

Format: Hardback
Length: 155 pages
Publication date: 05 April 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This book delves into two behavioral domains that are intricately intertwined with human nature and actions related to dominance, an ancient animal-driven behavior deeply rooted in survival-linked neural brain circuits. These domains give rise to latent or manifest conflicts among the various components of human nature and cultural profiles.

The first domain encompasses evolutionary animal behavioral inertias that shape the fundamental architecture of our brain/mind and influence the broad spectrum of social behaviors. These inertias operate within the confines of cultural and political boundaries.

The second domain emerges as a consequence of the first and revolves around the notion that the fundamental animal drive for dominance interferes with the expression of a truly human, cooperative social construction. It fosters conflicts based on profit or comparative advantage, coloring or conditioning our behavior across various domains such as parochial, social, political, financial, religious, cognitive development, and more. This drive also contributes to the social detachment of elite minorities, who are financially powerful and drive human evolutionary trends, from the general concerns and collective needs of vast populations who are subdued. Furthermore, it promotes Star Wars-like factual chimeras and an expansion of dominance/prevalence and power grip beyond Earth-bound objectives that prioritize spatial exploration and scientific endeavors.

While the quest for knowledge is an inherent aspect of our behavioral construction, it is often employed by opportunistic political strategies that seek dominance and prevalence.

In essence, the book explores the interplay between basic animal drives, cultural expressions, and the construction of survival, ideology, class prejudices, submissiveness, cooperation, and technological development. It sheds light on the underlying forces that shape human behavior and the complex dynamics that drive social interactions and societal progress.

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030974008
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022