Indigenous Ability

THE DARK SIDE OF MAN: Tracing the Origins of Male Violence -Michael P. Ghiglieri. I found this a deeply perceptive examination of the professed topic viewed through the lens of a physical anthropologist, who has both worked alongside Jane Goodall and been a soldier in some less than savory hot spots around the world. It seems this mix of field work, academic expertise, and real-world encounters with violence have given the author a perspective that stands outside both intellectual theorizing and, to be frank, some military thinking-Dave Grossman’s On Killing comes to mind. While that book, often recommended to me, is interesting reading there is something about his conclusions that always struck me as a bit too speculative-a bit too pat to compel me as completely true. Ghiglieri’s work goes deeper than Grossman et al. Where these other authors seem to pin much on culture and acculturation to address violence issues, Ghiglieri (bravely, in my opinion) pushes the view to a macro ...