The moral animal
Subtitle: evolutionary psychology and everyday life
By: Robert Wright.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
Subjects: Sociobiology; Evolutionary psychology; Human behavior; Behavior evolution
Description: Presents the latest findings in the emerging field of evolutionary psychology, which views human behavior in light of Darwinian theory, unveiling the unconscious strategies that shape our romantic choices, familial feelings, friendships, and office politics.
Notes: "Originally published in hardcover by Pantheon Books ... in 1994."--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-445) and index.
Table of contents: title: Darwin comes of age --; title: Male and female --; title: Men and women -- The; title: marriage market --; title: Darwin's marriage -- The; title: Darwin plan for marital bliss --; title: Families --; title: Darwin and the savages --; title: Friends --; title: Darwin's conscience --; title: Darwin's delay --; title: Social status --; title: Deception and self-deception --; title: Darwin's triumph --; title: Darwinian (and Freudian) cynicism --; title: Evolutionary ethics --; title: Blaming the victim --; title: Darwin gets religion.