The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal
A Animals, Biology, Psychology book. ...In little more than a single century from 1820 to 19450, no less than fifty-nine million human animals...
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- Pages: 320 pages
- ISBN: 9780099482116 / 99482118
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Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo. The Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal ...In little more than a single century from 1820 to 19450, no less than fifty-nine million human animals were killed in inter-group clashes of one sort or another.... We describe these killings as men behaving "like animals," but if we could find a wild animal that showed signs of acting this way, it would be more precise to describe it as behaving like men. Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal The word love is, in fact, the way we commonly describe the emotional feelings that accompany the imprinting process. Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal
A friend gave me this book when I asked why society is so crazy and people are so self-destructive. This book was written in the 60s and while some views are considered outdated by today's standards (re: homosexuality, for example), it provides certain insights. Certain things that make sense in a tribal culture expresses themselves... I enjoyed this book from beginning to almost the end. By the last two chapters I felt like I was getting beat over the head with the previous chapters. The comparisons on captive zoo animal behavior and our own was really fascinating. It feels refreshing to learn again that not only are we "only human" but we are really just animals... I have read Desmond Morris' first book, the Naked Ape, and enjoyed it immensely. The Human Zoo matches that book in terms of its inter-disciplinary scope and the range of ideas that are contained within it. Morris' ability to write confidently and easily across a range of genres makes him an entertaining non-fiction writer.Many of the...
