Chimpanzee Politics
- 256pages
- 9 heures de lecture
As we watch the chimpanzees of Arnhem behave in ways we recognize from Machiavelli (and from the nightly news), de Waal reminds us again that the roots of politics are older than humanity.
Frans de Waal est un auteur qui explore la complexité du comportement animal avec une profonde perspicacité sur leurs émotions et leur intelligence. Son œuvre met en lumière les parallèles surprenants entre le monde animal et le monde humain, remettant en question nos perspectives anthropocentriques. De Waal met en avant les dimensions éthiques et cognitives de la vie animale, incitant à la réflexion sur notre relation avec les autres espèces.


As we watch the chimpanzees of Arnhem behave in ways we recognize from Machiavelli (and from the nightly news), de Waal reminds us again that the roots of politics are older than humanity.
The author challenges those who have declared ethics uniquely human. Making a case for a morality grounded in biology, he shows that ethical behaviour, in humans and animals alike, is as much a matter of evolution as any other trait. Anecdotes, theories and data are used throughout.