On Aggression [Paperback]

This work has had significant impact on the social and biological sciences and is now a classic point of reference for investigations of behavioral patterns. Lorenz presents his findings on the mechanism of aggression and how animals control destructive drives in the interest of the species. Translated by Marjorie Kerr Wilson. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Introduction
1.Prologue in the Sea
2.Coral Fish in the Laboratory
3.What Aggression is Good For
4.The Spontaneity of Aggression
5.Habit, Ritual, and Magic
6.The Great Parliament of Instincts
7.Behavioral Analogies to Morality
8.Anonymity of the Flock
9.Social Organization without Love
10.Rats
11.The Bond
12.On the Virtue of Humility
13.Ecce Homo!
14.Avowal of Optimism
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