As important and meaningful today as it was a quarter-century ago, THE HUMAN ZOO sounds an urgent warning and provides startling insight into our increasingly complex lives. Morris argues that we are biologically still tribal and ill-equipped to thrive in the impersonal urban sprawl. It must be stressed that there is nothing insulting about looking at people as.

Similarly, the human propensity toward antisocial and sociopathic behavior is intensified in today’s cities. Desmond Morris Quotes The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo. NoTame 3.87K subscribers Subscribe 1. The Human Zoo Hardcover Januby Desmond Morris (Author) 202 ratings 4.0 on Goodreads 2,691 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 28.32 10 Used from 9.00 8 Collectible from 9.97 Paperback 11.98 - 15.00 14 Used from 5.48 7 New from 10. Indeed, our behavior often startlingly resembles that of captive animals, and our 'developed' and 'urbane' environment seems not so much a concrete jungle as it does a human zoo.Īnimals do not normally exhibit stress, random violence, and erratic behavior-until they are confined. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2018 R. - YouTube 0:00 / 49:13 El zoo humano - Desmond Morris. How does city life change the way we act? What accounts for the increasing prevalence of violence and anxiety in our world? In this new edition of his controversial 1969 bestseller, THE HUMAN ZOO, renowned zoologist Desmond Morris argues that many of the social instabilities we face are largely a product of the artificial, impersonal confines of our urban surroundings. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the.

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