"In this book, David Berreby shows how science tackles questions of group identity.
Drawing on new findings from anthropology to neuroscience, he argues that this "tribal" sense is a part of human nature, expressing itself in every aspect of life."
"We can't live without our tribal sense. It tells us who we are and how we should behave. It frees us from the narrow confines of the self, linking us to others and the past and the future.
Some condemn this instinct, as if it were only a source of evil. Others celebrate it, as if loyalty and faith were never misused.
David Berreby describes a third alternative: how we can accept and understand our inescapable tribal mind."--Jacket.
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