The evolutive dimension of conflict resolution: contributions from behavioral sciences and the analysis of animal behavior to inquiries about peace
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research
ISSN: 1759-6599
Article publication date: 14 April 2022
Issue publication date: 4 April 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is return to some findings and approaches typical of behavioral sciences and evolutionary anthropology that will allow us to link the process of self-domestication that can be seen in our evolutionary past, the primate tendency to enter into conflicts through patterns of signal exchange rather than direct aggressions, and the development of the persuasive dimension of language, with the possible evolutionary origin of both cultural violence and structural violence.
Design/methodology/approach
The approach has been, at all times, multidisciplinary insofar as it has sought to elucidate how the inquiries made from the behavioral sciences can help to understand human violence.
Findings
What was found is the possibility of understanding conflicts as a mechanism of evolutionary pressure that has been involved not only in social restructuring but also in the evolutionary origin of the human being.
Research limitations/implications
More empirical evidence should be found in this regard.
Originality/value
This study is a multidisciplinary approach that seeks to understand both the phenomenon of violence and peace from an evolutionary perspective.
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Acknowledgements
The author thank the National Council of Science and Technology CONACYT for the funds granted for the postdoc that is attributed as a condition of possibility for this paper.
Citation
Ávila Hernández, Á.K. (2023), "The evolutive dimension of conflict resolution: contributions from behavioral sciences and the analysis of animal behavior to inquiries about peace", Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-10-2021-0643
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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