Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America

by Erika Lorraine Milam

Book Overview

How Cold War America came to attribute human evolutionary success to our species' unique capacity for murder

After World War II, the question of how to define a universal human nature took on new urgency. Creatures of Cain charts the rise and precipitous fall in Cold War America of a theory that attributed man's evolutionary success to his unique capacity for murder.

Drawing on a wealth of archival materials and in-depth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691210438
• ISBN13: 9780691210438
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"