The roots of peace
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By focusing on peace, Glowacki provides a fresh perspective on warfare. Why did humans evolve peace? Other animals aggregate peacefully when resources are not economically defendable. The human capacity for peace may arise from two key factors: Multilevel societies and psychology shaped by within-group exchanges, which may have begun when tools enabled hominins to extract foods, including tubers and roots.
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Peace is propelled by transformations in character structure: when individuals overcome fear, isolation, and destructive impulses, social harmony becomes possible.
“Peace, in this view, is propelled by transformations in character structure: when individuals overcome fear, isolation, and destructive impulses, social harmony becomes possible (Wilson, 2024).”
From Toward a humanized technology: a reinterpretation of Erich Fromm’ s humanistic peace psychology (2026) · cites this paper as Wilson, 2024
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Chimpanzees, Warfare, and the Invention of Peace
Wilson, M. L. (2013) · War, Peace, and Human Nature · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199858996.003.0018 · Cited by 133 · see citing works
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Toward a humanized technology: a reinterpretation of Erich Fromm’ s humanistic peace psychology
Wang, Y., Li, P., & Liu, W. (2026) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1646601 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
- Authors
- Wilson, M. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wilson, Michael L.
- ORCID
- Wilson, Michael L.
- Venue
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2024
- Volume
- 47
- Pages
- e29-e29
- ISSN
- 0140-525X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-1825
- OpenAlex
- W4390889484
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1
- FWCI
- 0.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Violence, Religion, and Philosophy
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Keywords
- war, human evolution, multilevel societies, social psychology, animal aggregation, resource defense
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Humans, Social Conditions, Warfare
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