Contribution to Book
Violence in Literature: An Evolutionary Perspective
Evolution of Violence
(2013)
Abstract
Murder gives us an X-ray of the inner core of human nature. It lays bare the things that
matter most to humans everywhere—the necessities of survival, the attainment of status,
the defense of honor, the acquisition of desirable partners, the loyalty of our lovers, the
bonding of our allies, the vanquishing of our enemies, the protection of our children, and
the successes of the carriers of our genetic cargo. These are the things that we humans and
our astonishingly victorious ancestors have always been willing to kill and die for. (Buss
The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind is Designed to Kill, 2005, p. 244)
Disciplines
Publication Date
2013
Editor
Todd K. Shackelford and Ranald D. Hansen
Publisher
Springer
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-9314-3_3
Citation Information
Joseph Carroll. "Violence in Literature: An Evolutionary Perspective" New York CityEvolution of Violence (2013) p. 33 - 52 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joseph-carroll/13/