The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations Audiobook By Robert Ardrey cover art

The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations

Nature of Man, Book 2

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The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations

By: Robert Ardrey
Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
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With African Genesis, Mr. Ardrey stirred up enough storm to last an author, one would think, for a lifetime. In The Territorial Imperative, however, he explores more deeply and incisively man's evolutionary nature and threatens even more forcefully some of our most precious assumptions. In a time when we attribute to man either no instincts at all, or instincts too weak to be of significance, Mr. Ardrey's conclusions concerning the instinctual force exerted on human life by territory will undoubtedly raise an even greater storm.

Like its predecessor, The Territorial Imperative is a work of wit, of literary wealth, of high adventure. Again the author draws on his inexhaustible knowledge of animal ways, and again his wife presents her intriguing sketches of animal life. But this time, Mr. Ardrey takes his listeners on far deeper excursions into the ancient animal world, and on far deeper penetrations of the contemporary human wilderness.

While evolutionary science has advanced markedly since Ardrey's times, his insights on human behavior have a timeless quality, and The Territorial Imperative remains a classic reference for anyone wishing to begin an adventure exploring life's biggest questions.

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"One of the most exciting books about the nature of man that has ever been presented." ( Newsday)
"This is a fascinating, stimulating, fruitful, thought-provoking, and irritating book." (Dr. Abraham Maslow, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University)
"Ardrey belongs to the long and distinguished tradition of first-rate scientific amateurs...the love of science, especially biological science, animates every page." ( The New Yorker)
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this is one of the best written books I have ever read, and I read a lot! The narrator did a brilliant job as well. This book is now on my list of top 10 books that everyone would be better off if they read.

this writer has an incredible way with words!

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Probably the most diversely worded audiobook I have had the pleasure of listening to, the Territorial Imperative is a must have for understanding our world from a lens of social hierarchy.

An insightful view into socially driven evolution and interspecies dynamics

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One of the best nonfiction books I have ever read. Perhaps the best. Fascinating and illuminating. Scary while hopeful. Relevant today as much as in 1966 when it was written.

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