In 1966 Robert Ardrey wrote The Territorial Imperative: A Personal Inquiry into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations. This influential non-fiction book argues that human territorial behavior is a genetically determined instinct, similar to that observed in animals, influencing human behavior and societal structures. How has recent research affected his claims? Is the territorial instinct in humans genetically determined or is it a cultural construct?
The next meeting of the Nottingham Philosophy Club is on 18th August starting 7.30pm at: