The social brain - Richard J Crisp

Is conflict caused by an inherently hostile human nature? Are efforts to
promote peaceful co-existence fated to fail? Is the story of human
history destined to play out a clash of civilizations?

These are the questions framing contemporary debate over diversity, immigration and multiculturalism. The Social Brain
provides an entirely new psychological perspective on this debate. It
argues that diversity is critical to our very survival as a species;
that contact with different cultures was, and is, the essential element
that fuels our creativity, innovation and growth. It asserts that
diversity was the key to our intellectual evolution and will be integral
to helping us tackle the most pressing social, political and economic
concerns of our time.

The Social Brain ties the origins of the
modern mind to the evolution of human society, and provides an entirely
new insight into how we can harness the ingenuity and invention that
reside within us all.