Book Review: A Talent for Friendship: Rediscovery of a Remarkable Trait

Frontiers in Psychology

Gregory Bonn¹ 

关键词: evolution;    cooperation;    friendship;    human nature;    native populations;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00641

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

In this wide-ranging work Professor John Terrell argues that friendship, or the cultivation of social ties outside the constraints of family and day-to-day necessity, is a defining characteristic of the human species. Terrell, an anthropologist who has done extensive fieldwork among native populations in New Guinea and surrounding regions, begins by describing his own explorations of the interpersonal networks that exist among the peoples indigenous to this region. He then gradually develops his “friendship hypothesis” through a review of findings ranging from psychology, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary science, and anthropology, to the occasional forays into history and philosophy.

【 授权许可】

CC BY