By the grace of guile: the role of deception in natural history and human affairs
Auteur :
Rue, Loyal
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195075083
Date de publication :
9 juin 1994
Dimensions :
16,2 x 23,5 x 2,9 cm
Poids :
762 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This is an interdisciplinary work that reassesses the role and value of deception both in human society and in nature. It contrasts the human bias against deception with the natural world's evolutionary bias for it, and ultimately argues for the importance of deception in contemporary culture.