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(1988) Human Studies 11 (1).
Political animals and social animals as biologically meaningful categories
Richard B. Carter
pp. 65-86
This paper addresses itself to the question as to whether Homo is properly to be considered as a political animal, or whether Homo is best understood as merely a form of social animal which has evolved particularly complex survival stratagems. We will proceed primarily on the basis of the published work of the contemporary Swiss zoologist, Adolf Portmann, and argue for the view that there are solid grounds for distinguishing between social and political animals, and that Homo inhabits the realm of the political animal.
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DOI: 10.1007/BF00143286
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Carter, R. B. (1988). Political animals and social animals as biologically meaningful categories. Human Studies 11 (1), pp. 65-86.
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