Intimate behavior by morris, desmond and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. They are all very insightful, and put human behaviour in a biological context. Intimate behaviour by desmond morris overdrive rakuten. Of course, culture is also important, but ultimately biology always trumps culture. A zoologists study of the human animal, and the human animal. Buy intimate behavior book online at low prices in india. His observations and connections are refreshingly interesting to me, if not fascinating. Intimate behaviour kindle edition by desmond morris. Desmond john morris is most famous for his work as a zoologist and ethologist, but is also known as a surrealist artist and author home my books.
Intimate behavior by morris, desmond for sale online. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Morris shares some of montagus point of view, saying that much to our folly we have lost touch with each other. It seems as if he matured after writing the naked ape and decided to condense all of the important points in his masterpiece and make it quick informative reading as intimate behaviour. Morris has also become well known for his many television programs and films on human and animal behaviour.
Morris contends that the months just before and after birth are when the seeds of intimacy are planted and are critical to development. A zoologists classic study of human intimacy 9781568361635. In 1967 he published the naked ape which has sold over 10 million copies world. Intimate behaviour by desmond morris penguin books.
In 1967 he published the naked ape which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and has changed the way we view our own species forever. Morris contends that the months just before and after birth are when the seeds of intimacy are planted and are critical to. Twentyfive years after it first caused a splash in the scientific and literary worlds, intimate behavior is still one of the best chronicles of human intimacy. Its a crock, not that there arent some good observations, but the arrogant assertions based on them are off putting and rather laughable, except for the fact that people believed them and acted on them back then. Morris has written his most important document inside the pages of this book. With a masterful and entertaining eye, desmond morris, bestselling author of the naked ape and the human zoo, analyzes the roots of human intimacy, from the handshake through the twelve stages that people pass through on their way to. Be the first to ask a question about intimate behavior. In 1973 he returned to oxford to work for the ethologist niko tinbergen. Desmond morris is the author of more than thirty books, including the naked ape, intimate behavior, and human animal.
Having said that, these books were written before the age of the internet, smartphones, etc. When it was written, morris was the head zoologist at the london zoo. Complete with a new preface by the author, intimate behavior is a provocative view of humans need to touch and to be touched, to love and to be loved. Desmond morriss most popular book is the naked ape. With a masterful and entertaining eye, desmond morris, bestselling author of the naked ape and the human zoo, analyzes the roots of. Intimate behaviour 1971 this book examines and analyzes any physical contact acted out by human animals.
I only got this because i needed to research some 1970s perspectives on social behavior and gender roles. By training and inclination, he sees human intimate behavior against other primate intimate behavior, and shows how they are alike and different. This page is some notes on reading zoologist desmond morriss book intimate behavior a zoologists classic study of human intimacy 1997. With a masterful and entertaining eye, desmond morris, bestselling author of the naked ape and the human zoo, analyzes the roots of human intimacy, from the handshake through the twelve.
The book sold well enough for morris to move to malta in 1968 to write a sequel and other books. The book also delves into the thoughts and emotions people experience when they behave intimately with each other, and asks how intimate relationships come to be satisfying, stable, and harmonious for the people involved. Millions of books are added to our site everyday and when we find one that matches. Stephen moss on desmond morris, the man who wrote the. Desmond morris transformed our perception of human beings and enraged. In addition to sexual intimacy, morris discussed social intimacy, intimacy substitutes, object intimacy, and selfintimacy. Intimate behaviour by morris, desmond and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Buy intimate behavior binding damaged by morris, desmond isbn. One way in which the problem has been solved is to multiply the numbers involved and to eliminate the atmosphere of an intimate pair. Desmond morris books list of books by author desmond morris. Educated at birmingham and oxford universities, he became the curator of mammals at london zoo in 1959, a post he held for eight years.
A zoologists study of the human animal, published in 1967. Desmond morris has 108 books on goodreads with 44995 ratings. This page is some notes on reading zoologist desmond morris s book intimate behavior a zoologists classic study of human intimacy. From 1973 to 1981, morris was a research fellow at wolfson college, oxford.
Intimate behavior is behavior dominated by touch, a subject gaining increasing attention these days by psychologists interested in nonverbal communication, linguists interested in the roots of. Intimate behaviour kindle edition by morris, desmond. I am currently rereading all the desmond morris books that i read in my youth, when they were first published. Desmond morris intimate behavior hardcover russian. Intimate behavior is behavior dominated by touch, a subject gaining increasing attention these days by psychologists interested in nonverbal communication, linguists interested in the roots of language, and anthropologists like ashley montagu who explored the range of touching 1971. Buy intimate behavior book online at best prices in india on. In his classic book intimate behavior, author desmond morris reveals that of all the erotic, tender, and most cherished parts of the human body, it is not the genitals that are considered the most intimate part of us. One of the best chronicles of human intimacyfrom the handshake through the twelve stages that people pass through on their way to the total sexual embrace. With a masterful and entertaining eye, desmond morris, bestselling author of. Buy intimate behaviour by desmond morris online at alibris. See all books authored by desmond morris, including the naked ape.
That designation, the region that is to be touched only by our most beloved, is reserved for the human face and continue reading. The books are still very relevent, because unlike culture our human biology changes at a glacial pace. A zoologists classic study of human intimacy reprint by morris, desmond isbn. A zoologists classic study of human intimacy by desmond morris originally published in 1971. The human zoo and intimate behavior, the books that followed it in the naked ape trilogy, likewise have sold. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text.
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