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Torturers, horror films, and the aesthetic legacy of predation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Lionel Tiger*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Abstract:

A Rousseauist bias towards the study of human aggression has treated it as a regrettable anomaly rather than a volatile reflection of important forces in human evolution. Intrepidly, Nell displays the arc of connection between predation in humans and other animals and the neurophysiological factors that underlie chronic interest in accident, death, and harsh force.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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