The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating - Softcover

Buss, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465097766 ISBN 13: 9780465097760

Verlag: Basic Books, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer this question we must look into our evolutionary past, argues prominent psychologist David M. Buss. Based one of the largest studies of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing more than 10,000 people of all ages from thirty-seven cultures worldwide, The Evolution of Desire is the first work to present a unified theory of human mating behaviour., Drawing on a wide range of examples of mating behaviour,from lovebugs to elephant seals, from the Yanomamoe tribe of Venezuela to online dating apps,Buss reveals what women want, what men want, and why their desires radically differ. Love has a central place in human sexual psychology, but conflict, competition, and manipulation also pervade human mating,something we must confront in order to control our own mating destiny.Fully revised and updated to reflect the very latest scientific research on human mating, this classic work of evolutionary psychology explains the powerful forces that shape our most intimate desires.

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"Clear, coherent, and convincing."--Philadelphia Inquirer "A drop-dead shocker."--Washington Post Book World "Filled with insight, surprises, and lucid explanations of the latest ideas and discoveries from the sciences of love and sex."--Steven Pinker

Biografía del autor

David M. Buss is Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas, Austin, and the author of nine books, including Why Women Have Sex, The Murderer Next Door, The Dangerous Passion, and the textbook Evolutionary Psychology, now in its fifth edition. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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• Verlag: Basic Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0465097766
• ISBN 13: 9780465097760
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448