Our Political Nature by Tuschman, Avi -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Contents Preface Introduction: Searching for the Origin of Political Identity

1. The Burning Man of Tunisia 2. The Universal Political Animal 3. What Economics Can and Cannot Predict 4. The Invention of the Political Litmus Test 5. Unearthing the Three Roots of Political Orientation

I. Tribalism on the Political Spectrum

6. Ethnocentrism vs. Xenophilia 7. Religiosity vs. Secularism 8. Attitudes toward Sexuality, Homosexuality, and Gender Roles

II. The Biology of Tribalism

9. When Outbreeding Is Fit and Inbreeding Isn't 10. When Inbreeding Is Fit and Outbreeding Isn't 11. How Optimal Mating Happens 12. Why Gender Inequality and Fertility Change across Human History 13. The Biology of War and Genocide

III. Do We Live in a Just World?

IV. The Biology of Family Conflict

V. Are People by Nature Cooperative or Competitive?

17. Sages through the Ages 18. Do Perceptions of Human Nature Change as We Age?

VI. Illuminating Our True Human Nature

Concluding Thoughts Acknowledgments Appendix A: A Brief Word on Correlations and Level of Significance for Laypeople Appendix B: Joe the Plumber, Political Elites, and the Controversial Existence of Public Opinion Notes Figure Credits Index Back Cover