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affect theory
altruism
animal friendships
anthropology
Author_Daniel J. Hruschka
behavior
biocultural anthropology
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companionship
cooperation
cultural anthropology
emotions
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ethnography
evolution
evolutionary biology
family relationships
fear
friendship
generosity
germany
goodwill
human behavior
iceland
imaginary friends
kinship
making friends
mental health
nonfiction
platonic relationships
psychology
reciprocal altruism
reciprocity
relationships
romantic relationships
russia
social networks
society
trust
Product details
- ISBN 9780520265479
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 24 Sep 2010
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Friends - they are generous and cooperative with each other in ways that appear to defy standard evolutionary expectations, frequently sacrificing for one another without concern for past behaviors or future consequences. In this fascinating multidisciplinary study, Daniel J. Hruschka synthesizes an array of cross-cultural, experimental, and ethnographic data to understand the broad meaning of friendship, how it develops, how it interfaces with kinship and romantic relationships, and how it differs from place to place. Hruschka argues that friendship is a special form of reciprocal altruism based not on tit-for-tat accounting or forward-looking rationality, but rather on mutual goodwill that is built up along the way in human relationships.
Daniel J. Hruschka is an Assistant Professor in the Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change.
