Revised, updated and in paperback, studies altruistic and nonaltruistic motives for transfers between families and groups.

The birth of the social sciences and specifically of sociology begets some open questions, among which the debate on altruism and the concept of social solidari

Looks at the importance of cooperation in human beings and in nature, arguing that this social tool is as important an aspect of evolution as mutation and natur

Argues that altruism is an inherent factor of group functionality and discusses how studying group function can promote positive changes to the human condition.

Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective provides such a scholarly overview, examining the intersection of culture and such topics as evolutionary accounts of alt