Machiavellian Intelligence by Richard W. Byrne & Andrew Whiten

An examination of the theory that the driving force behind the human intellect was social expertise, and that the need to outwit colleagues produces an evolutionary spiralling of "Machiavellian intelligence". According to conventional wisdom, our unique human intellect results from evolutionary pressures for skilled tool use and for communication to enhance co-operation. This book explores a quite different idea: that the driving force was social expertise, allowing subtle manipulation of others within the social group. The need to outwit one's clever colleagues then produces an evolutionary spiralling of 'Machiavellian intelligence'. This book forms a complete and self-contained text on this topic, including the origins of the idea, a wealth of exciting applications in anthropology, psychology, and zoology, and a current evaluation of more traditional ideas -to what extent is Machiavellian intelligence complementary or alternative to them? With contributions by an international team of authors, the reader is brought to the frontiers of scientific work on the origin of human intellect.
`Author(s) :` Richard W. Byrne & Andrew Whiten	`Format :` Paperback Book
`ISBN-10 :` 0198521758	`ISBN-13 :` 9780198521754
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Product Details:

Series Title : Oxford Science Publications

Country Publication : United Kingdom

Publication Date : 14/07/1988

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page Length : 430mm

Page Size : 235mm