Revisiting the spaces of societies and the cooperation that sustains them
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: We embrace Moffett's call for more rigorous definitions of social organizations but raise two intersecting critiques: (1) The spaces controlled by societies are not exclusively physical, and (2) cooperation is required to maintain control over spaces, physical or otherwise. We discuss examples of non-physical societal spaces across species and highlight the top-down group cooperation challenge that is maintaining them.
Source: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Authors: James Brooks, Liran Samuni
Institutions: Kyoto University, German Primate Center
Language: English
Topic: Primate Behavior and Ecology
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4409113652