The ape and the sushi master : cultural reflections by a primatologist /
/ by: Basic Books
- 1st edition
- New York Basic Books c2001.
- viii, 433 p., [16] p. of plates ill., music 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-405) and index.
Whole animal : childhood talismans and excessive fear of anthropomorphism -- Fate of gurus : when silverbacks become stumbling blocks -- Bonobos and fig leaves : primate hippies in a Puritan landscape -- Animal art : would you hang a Congo on the wall? -- Predicting Mount Fuji, and a visit to Koshima, where the monkeys salt their potatoes -- Last rubicon : can other animals have culture? -- Nutcracker Suite : reliance on culture in nature -- Cultural naturals : tea and Tibetan macaques -- Apes with self-esteem : Abraham Maslow and the taboo on power -- Survival of the kindest : of selfish genes and unselfish dogs -- Down with dualism! : two millennia of debate about human goodness.