The Human Swarm. The Natural History of Society

«This book is dedicated to an exciting and important topic for every person — the awareness of oneself as part of society and the examination of the phenomenon of society through the lens of evolutionary processes in the animal world.... Mark Moffett compares human society to the social structures of social insects, and these comparisons are quite appropriate. His subsequent interest in the structure of social systems among a wide range of vertebrates, from fish to great apes, is not accidental. As an evolutionary biologist, his interests are linked to identifying the causes and factors influencing the transformations of social behavior in different taxa, the role of ecology in complicating social ties, and the search for connections between morphological and psychological transformations that ultimately led to the emergence of our species. Homo sapiens, unique in its development of language, culture, technology, and art. Unique in the quest to understand the mysteries of the vast universe… But still remaining defenseless in a world of conflicts and violence, born from itself». (M. L. Butovskaya)
«Despite humanity's transition from small societies to enormous ones, we have retained a supernatural ability to understand who belongs to it and who does not. Whether this is good or bad, for reasons that I hope to clarify, the distinctive traits remain, alongside equally apparent and often destructive differences that exist within the societies themselves. The way we approach the consideration of similarities and differences determines the nature and future of societies». (Mark Moffett)