Joanna Bellis and Laura Slater, eds., Representing War and Violence, 1250–1600 (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2016).

Epidemiology of violence and war.

The magnitude of the threat that violence and war pose to the health, the quality of life, and the very survival of humanity is obvious. A number of scientific disciplines have provided, each through its own methodology, insights into the causation, genesis, and dynamics of violence and war. Although epidemiological and psychological methodologies received priority, the multidisciplinary approa...

Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War

We review and discuss the evolutionary psychological literature on violence, homicide, and war in humans and nonhumans, and in doing so we argue that an evolutionary perspective can substantially enhance our understanding of these behaviors. We provide a brief primer on evolutionary psychology, describing basic tenets of the field. The theories of sexual selection and parental investment are ex...

Freud on the State, Violence, and War

GSA press release - Geology August 2016

Part of figure 1. from highlighted article by Gioncada et al. A: Main baleen features of an extant rorqual, at different scales; tubule diameter ~0.5 mm (modified and redrawn from Szewciw et al., 2010). B: Location of Cerro Colorado, Peru. C: Left baleen rack of the balaenopteroid specimen M1 as found in the field, with drawing showing the original position in the whale skull. D: Right baleen r...

Juanita de Barros and Sean Stilwell (eds), Public Health and the Imperial Project (Trenton, NJ: African World Press, 2016), pp. v, 262, $29.95, paperback, ISBN: 978-1592215331.

counted on royal patronage to publish his writings and was himself a colonial officer. After finishing his work in West Central Africa, Azeredo continued to enjoy royal favour, having been appointed physician at the Lisbon Royal Military Hospital (1801) and subsequently physician of the Royal Chamber (1806). He remained in Portugal until his death in 1810, at the age of 41 years old. Azeredo’s ...