The Sense of Sociability: How People Overcome the Forces Pulling Them Apart

by Lorne Tepperman

Book Overview

Are human beings a species in constant need of firm, aggressive government to save us from ourselves? Or are we fundamentally sociable beings, woven together in a complex array of networks, interdependent and willing to work together? Sense & Sociability is a modern, highly readable, and often quirky look at human sociability. Lorne Tepperman explores why we have difficulty getting along, and why in spite of these difficulties we still manage for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195439295
• ISBN13: 9780195439298
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.1" x 6.2"