Lecture "Understanding the Deeper Roots of Conflicts"

David P. Barash, Professor of Psychology, University of Washington

When: Wednesday April 15, from 5:30 p.m.
Where: American Center, Tržiště 13, Praha 1 - Malá Strana (only 50 m below the U.S. Embassy)

David P. Barash, evolutionary scientist as well as a peace researcher, argued in his lecture at the American Center that most human problems – especially violence and environmental – are a result of the difference between cultural evolution (the hare) and biological evolution (the tortoise). Although culture moves very rapidly, biological evolution is very, very slow, and as a result, the two are dangerously out of synchrony.

David P. Barash born in 1946, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington, and is notable for several books on human aggression, peace studies, and sexual behavior of animals and people. He received his bachelor's degree in biology from Harpur College, State University of New York at Binghamton, and a Ph.D. in zoology from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970. He taught at the State University of New York at Oneonta, and then accepted a permanent position at the University of Washington.

Related Links:

• Homepage of David P. Barash, University of Washington
• Books by David P. Barash