International cooperation against all odds : the ultrasocial world /

"This book recasts how we understand international relations through an examination of how the human evolutionary predisposition to be “ultrasocial” as a species impacts which political ideas succeed, transform, manipulate, and inspire on a global scale. At a time when pessimism about our curre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis Cross, Mai'a K., 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Introduction
  • I HUMANS ARE ULTRASOCIAL BEINGS
  • 1 The Micro Level
  • 2 Biology Meets Culture
  • 3 The Social in Social Science
  • 4 In an Ultrasocial World, Certain Ideas Matter More
  • Conclusion to Part I
  • II EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
  • 5 The Federalist Idea and the European Movement
  • 6 European Transformation
  • 7 Optimism, Pessimism . . . and Repeat
  • Conclusion to Part II
  • III SPACE EXPLORATION
  • 8 The Spaceflight Idea and the Spaceflight Movement
  • 9 International Cooperation and the Space Race
  • 10 A Permanent Presence in Space . . . and Beyond
  • Conclusion to Part III
  • IV NUCLEAR WEAPONS
  • 11 The Non-use Idea and the Anti-nuclear Movement
  • 12 The Nuclear Taboo and Disarmament
  • 13 The Taboo and Its Rivals
  • Conclusion to Part IV
  • V CLIMATE CHANGE
  • 14 The Climate Movement
  • 15 The Net Zero Idea and the Race to Save the Earth
  • Conclusion to Part V
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index