Bringing human nature back in: Autonomy or sociality?

In The Social Cage, Alexandra Maryanski and Jonathan H. Turner challenge the widespread assumption that humans are by nature "social animals." They do so by examining the behavior of great apes, who, they conclude, prefer freedom and mobility over close social ties. With the coming of post...

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