{"product_id":"book-e5tf","title":"Spite","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSpite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we're looking at it wrong. Spite isn't just what we feel when a car cuts us off or when a partner cheats. It's what we feel when we want to punish a bad act simply because it was bad. Spite is our fairness instinct, an innate resistance to exploitation, and it is one of the building blocks of human civilization. As McCarthy-Jones explains, some of history's most important developments—the rise of religions, governments, and even moral codes—were actually redirections of spiteful impulses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA provocative, engaging read, \u003ci\u003eSpite\u003c\/i\u003e shows that if you really want to understand what makes us human, you can't just look at noble ideas like altruism and cooperation. You need to understand our darker impulses as well.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348824990000,"sku":"BDe5tf","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/105245-e5tf-Square.jpg?v=1734235279","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-e5tf","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}