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David P. Barash (born 1946) is professor of
psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...
emeritus at the
University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...
. He has written, edited or co-authored 40 books, including ones on
human aggression Aggression is behavior aimed at opposing or attacking something or someone. Though often done with the intent to cause harm, some might channel it into creative and practical outlets. It may occur either reactively or without provocation. In h ...
,
peace studies Peace is a state of harmony in the absence of hostility and violence, and everything that discusses achieving human welfare through justice and peaceful conditions. In a societal sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such ...
, and the
sexual behavior of animals Animal sexual behaviour takes many different forms, including within the same species. Common mating or reproductively motivated systems include monogamy, polygyny, polyandry, polygamy and promiscuity. Other sexual behaviour may be reproduct ...
and people. He received his bachelor's degree in
biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...
from Harpur College,
Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university in Binghamton metropolitan area, Greater Binghamton, New York, United States. It is one of the four uni ...
, and a Ph.D. in
zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...
from
University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...
in 1970. He taught at the
State University of New York at Oneonta The State University of New York at Oneonta, also known as SUNY Oneonta, is a public university in Oneonta, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. History SUNY Oneonta was established in 1889 as the Oneonta N ...
and then accepted a permanent position at the University of Washington.


Works

His book ''Natural Selections: Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars and Other Realities of Evolution'' is based on articles in the ''
Chronicle of Higher Education ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' is an American newspaper and website that presents news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and student affairs professionals, including staff members and administrators. A subscriptio ...
''. ''Madame Bovary's Ovaries: a Darwinian look at literature'', a popular but serious presentation of Darwinian literary criticism, was jointly written with his daughter, Nanelle Rose Barash. He has also written over 230 scholarly articles and is a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsib ...
.


Literary works

*David P. Barash. "OOPS! The Worst Blunders of All Time, from Pandora’s Box to Putin’s War", Skyhorse Publishing, 2023 *David P. Barash. "Threats: intimidation and its discontents", Oxford University Press, 2020 *David P. Barash. ''Through a Glass Brightly: using science to see our species as it really is'', Oxford University Press, 2018 *David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. "Strength Through Peace: demilitarization in Costa Rica, and what we can learn from a small tropical country", Oxford University Press, 2018 *David P. Barash. ''Out of Eden: The Surprising Consequences of Polygamy'', Oxford University Press, 2016 *David P. Barash. ''Buddhist Biology: Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western Science'', Oxford University Press, 2013 *David P. Barash. ''Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature'', Oxford University Press, 2012; paperback, Oxford University Press, 2013 *David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. ''Payback: why we retaliate, redirect aggression and seek revenge'', Oxford University Press, 2011 *David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. ''Strange Bedfellows: the surprising connection between sex, evolution and monogamy'', Bellevue Literary Press, 2010 *David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. ''How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories'', Columbia University Press, 2009 *David P. Barash. ''Natural Selections: Natural Selections: selfish altruists, honest liars and other realities of evolution'' Bellevue Literary Press, 2007 *David P. Barash and Nanelle R. Barash.'' Madame Bovary's Ovaries: a Darwinian look at literature'', Delacorte, 2005 *David P. Barash. ''The Survival Game: how game theory explains cooperation and competition'', Henry Holt/Times Books, 2003 *David P. Barash and Judith Eve Lipton. ''Making Sense of Sex: how genes gender influence our relationships.'' Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1997; paperback edition as ''Gender Gap: the biology of male-female differences'', Transaction Publishers, 2001 *Barash, D. & Lipton, J. (2001). ''The Myth of Monogamy – Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People.'' New York: Henry Holt and Company; **Review by T. R Birkhead Nature, Volume 413 Number 6851, September 6, 2001; *David P. Barash. ''Revolutionary Biology: the new, gene-centered view of life.'' Transaction Publishers, 2001 *David P. Barash and Ilona Anne Barash. The Mammal in the Mirror: understanding our place in the animal world'' (W. H. Freeman, 2000;'' *David P. Barash. ''Beloved Enemies: our need for opponents'', Prometheus Books, 1994 *David P. Barash. ''The L Word: an unapologetic, thoroughly biased, long-overdue explication and celebration of liberalism'', William Morrow, 1992 *David P. Barash. ''The Great Outdoors'' Lyle Stuart, 1989; in paper as ''Give Peas a Chance,'' Lyle Stuart, 1991 *David P. Barash. ''The Hare and the Tortoise: the conflict between culture and biology in human affairs'', Viking, 1986; Penguin, 1987 **translated into six languages *David P. Barash & Judith Eve Lipton. ''The Caveman and the Bomb: human nature, evolution, and nuclear war'' McGraw-Hill, 1985; Olive Branch Award nominee) *David P. Barash & Judith Eve Lipton. ''Stop Nuclear War! A handbook'' Grove Press, 1982; **(National Book Award nominee) *David P. Barash. ''Aging: an exploration''/ Univ. of Washington Press, 1981; **translated into two languages *David P. Barash. ''The Whisperings Within: evolution and the origin of human nature'' Harper & Row, 1979; Penguin, 1980; ** translated into seven languages


Academic books

*David P. Barash. ''Approaches to Peace'' Oxford University Press, 2000; 2nd edition, 2010; 3rd edition, 2013 *David P. Barash and Charles Webel. ''Peace and Conflict Studies''. Sage Publications, 2002; 2nd edition, 2008 *Arthur Gandolfi, Anna S. Gandolfi, and David P. Barash. ''Economics as an Evolutionary Science: from utility to fitness.'' Transaction Publishers, 2002 *David P. Barash. ''Understanding Violence'' Allyn & Bacon, 2001; *David P. Barash. ''Ideas of Human Nature: from the Bhagavad Gita to sociobiology'' Prentice Hall,1998 *David P. Barash. ''Introduction to Peace Studies'' Wadsworth, 1991 *David P. Barash. ''Marmots: social behavior and ecology'' Stanford University Press, 1989 *David P. Barash. ''The Arms Race and Nuclear War'' Wadsworth, 1986 *David P. Barash. ''Sociobiology and Behavior'' Elsevier, 1977; 2nd, revised edition, 1982


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