Human altruism: conceptual review

Authors

  • V.V. Rostovtseva Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography RAS

Keywords:

human altruism, social behavior, ethnocentrism, imprinting, inter-group cooperation, human emotions, handicap principle, cultural selection

Abstract

The article continues consideration of altruism that was initiated in the author's previous work “General Biological Bases of Altruism”. Contemporary theories of human altruism and cooperation are considered in the evolutionary perspective. The article is a review of Russian and foreign theories and experimental results, devoted to research in the field of prosocial human behavior, its mechanisms and role in global evolutionary processes.

Author Biography

  • V.V. Rostovtseva, Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography RAS

    Аспирант сектора кросс-культурной психологии и этологии человека. 

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Published

2019-05-05

Issue

No. 1 (2016)

Section

Общее

How to Cite

[1]
2019. Human altruism: conceptual review. Chelovek. 1 (May 2019), 17–29.

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