In this commentary, the author criticizes Cavallaro’s (2010) reading of Jervis’ (2002) book Individualismo e cooperazione. Psicologia della politica [Individualism and Cooperation: Psychology of Politics] by arguing three claims. First, Darwinian naturalism is a complex methodological approach of which sociobiology and evolutionary psychology are only two partial and controversial versions. Second, the distinction between the cooperative motivational system and the competitive one is to be placed within the framework of an anthropology that claims the intrinsically social nature of the individual. Third, Jervis thinks that the understanding of the dialectics between cooperation and competition requires multilevel explanations that can take into account the inextricable interlacement among innate predispositions, formal relational invariants, and cultural conventions.
In questo commento viene criticata l’interpretazione che Cavallaro (2010) propone del libro di Jervis (2002) Individualismo e cooperazione. Psicologia della politica, sostenendo tre tesi. Primo, il naturalismo darwiniano è un complesso orientamento metodologico di cui la sociobiologia e la psicologia evoluzionistica rappresentano solo due incarnazioni parziali e controverse. Secondo, la distinzione fra il sistema motivazionale cooperativo e quello competitivo va collocata entro la cornice di un’antropologia che afferma la natura intrinsecamente sociale dell’individuo. Terzo, Jervis ritiene che la comprensione della dialettica fra cooperazione e competizione richieda spiegazioni su più livelli, che tengano conto dell’inestricabile intreccio fra predisposizioni innate, invarianti relazionali formali e convenzioni culturali.
Marraffa, M. (2010). Jervis sul naturalismo darwiniano, la psicologia dinamica e i giochi di ultimatum (Jervis on darwinian naturalism, dynamic psychology, and ultimatum bargaining games). PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE, 44(3), 335-344 [10.3280/PU2010-003004].
Jervis sul naturalismo darwiniano, la psicologia dinamica e i giochi di ultimatum (Jervis on darwinian naturalism, dynamic psychology, and ultimatum bargaining games)
MARRAFFA, MASSIMO
2010-01-01
Abstract
In this commentary, the author criticizes Cavallaro’s (2010) reading of Jervis’ (2002) book Individualismo e cooperazione. Psicologia della politica [Individualism and Cooperation: Psychology of Politics] by arguing three claims. First, Darwinian naturalism is a complex methodological approach of which sociobiology and evolutionary psychology are only two partial and controversial versions. Second, the distinction between the cooperative motivational system and the competitive one is to be placed within the framework of an anthropology that claims the intrinsically social nature of the individual. Third, Jervis thinks that the understanding of the dialectics between cooperation and competition requires multilevel explanations that can take into account the inextricable interlacement among innate predispositions, formal relational invariants, and cultural conventions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.