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Genre: Psychology, Sociology, Science, Nonfiction
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)

Book Review:
In this sobering and insightful monograph, renowned psychiatrist Anthony Storr tackles one of humanity's most fundamental and troubling traits: our capacity for aggression. Writing with both clinical expertise and profound humanity, Storr acknowledges the ''sombre fact'' that we are the cruelest species on earth, but he presents a more complex, two-sided coin.

The book explores aggression not just as a destructive force, but as a natural and sometimes positive drive. Storr examines its normal role in social structures, childhood development, and adult life, while also analyzing its negative manifestations in various psychological disorders. Praised for its sound common sense and synthesis of psychoanalytical and ethnological thought, this book is a modest, humane, and intelligent plea for attitudes and policies that could reduce hostility between individuals and nations. A classic, thought-provoking read that remains deeply relevant.