Comments on: Robert Ardrey and the Amity/Enmity Complex

By: The Troubled Past of Evolutionary Psychology, or Why Robert Ardrey Should Not Be an Unperson @ Helian Unbound

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:21:26 +0000

[...] often mention Robert Ardrey on this blog. It’s not because I’m a hero worshipper, although I consider him an [...]

By: E. O. Wilson’s Group Selection Bombshell: The Social Conquest of Earth @ Helian Unbound

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:00:04 +0000

[...] you happen to favor, this is a fascinating story. First, Richard Dawkins “debunked” Robert Ardrey in The Selfish Gene because he had favorable things to say about group selection in The Social [...]

By: Of Evolutionary Psychology and Diet Books @ Helian Unbound

Of Evolutionary Psychology and Diet Books @ Helian Unbound — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:36:31 +0000

[...] and Animals, or Carveth Read’s The Origin of Man and his Superstitions, or in the essays of Sir Arthur Keith, or in the books of the “mere playwright,” Robert Ardrey, or in the pages of On [...]

By: The Forgettable Philosophy of Konrad Lorenz @ Helian Unbound

The Forgettable Philosophy of Konrad Lorenz @ Helian Unbound — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:58:39 +0000

[...] was still in vogue. Of these, Lorenz was the second most effective. The most effective was Robert Ardrey. As proof of this assertion, we have the testimony of the blank slaters themselves, conveniently [...]

By: Ingroups and Outgroups: All Things Old are New Again @ Helian Unbound

Ingroups and Outgroups: All Things Old are New Again @ Helian Unbound — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:51:26 +0000

[...] it on a firm theoretical basis well over half a century ago. As Robert Ardrey, who called it the Amity/Enmity Complex, wrote of it a couple of decades later, it was, “the resolution of a paradox posed by Darwin, [...]

By: The Amity/Enmity Complex: A Data Point in Kyrgyzstan @ Helian Unbound

The Amity/Enmity Complex: A Data Point in Kyrgyzstan @ Helian Unbound — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:45:35 +0000

[...] usual, they are full of as many proximate causes as you please, and ignore the ultimate cause: the Amity/Enmity Complex. Briefly put, it is our innate tendency to categorize others of our species into in-groups and [...]

By: The Amity/Enmity Complex: The Chinese Data Point @ Helian Unbound

The Amity/Enmity Complex: The Chinese Data Point @ Helian Unbound — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:34:19 +0000

[...] written about the Amity/Enmity Complex in earlier posts. The term describes an innate behavioral trait that predisposes us to categorize other human beings [...]

By: The Amity/Enmity Complex: Another Data Point in Kyrgyzstan @ Helian Unbound

The Amity/Enmity Complex: Another Data Point in Kyrgyzstan @ Helian Unbound — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:10:54 +0000

[...] written about the Amity/Enmity Complex in earlier posts. The term describes the dual nature of the innate human behavioral traits generally associated [...]

By: The Tea Parties and Human Nature @ Helian Unbound

The Tea Parties and Human Nature @ Helian Unbound — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:46:51 +0000

[...] Leading the PeopleThe Amity/Enmity Complex is real. The term refers to the dual nature of human morality. Search the listings of any of the [...]

By: Of Niall Ferguson, Objective Criticism, and European Hatemongers @ Helian Unbound

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:01:28 +0000

[...] brains are hard-wired to have a dual system of morality, which I have elsewhere referred to as the Amity/Enmity Complex. We reserve “good” moral behavior for those in our “in-group.” The [...]