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

A dramatic transformation has begun in the way scholars think about human nature. Political scientists, psychologists, economists, and evolutionary biologists a

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

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