How does city life change the way we act? What accounts for the increasing prevalence of violence and anxiety in our world? In this new edition of his controversial 1969 bestseller, The Human Zoo, renowned zoologist Desmond Morris argues that many of the social instabilities we face are largely a product of the artificial, impersonal confines of our urban surroundings. Indeed, our behavior often startlingly resembles that of captive animals, and our developed and urbane environment seems not so much a concrete jungle as it does a human zoo. Animals do not normally exhibit stress, random violence, and erratic behavioruntil they are confined. Similarly, the human propensity toward antisocial and sociopathic behavior is intensified in todays cities. Morris argues that we are biologically still tribal and ill-equipped to thrive in the impersonal urban sprawl. As important and meaningful today as it was a quarter-century ago, The Human Zoo sounds an urgent warning and provides startling insight into our increasingly complex lives.

作者德斯濛德•莫利斯簡介：

德斯濛德•莫利斯何許人？他是英國著名動物學傢、生物人類學傢，生物進化科普作傢、電視節目撰稿人和主持人、藝術傢，曆任倫敦動物園哺乳動物館館長、現代美術研究所所長、牛津大學特聘研究員。

莫利斯，這位終身與動物為伍的牛津大學博士，一生都在行走。他用一隻眼睛觀察動物，用另一隻眼睛審視人類。1967年，他用“裸猿三部麯”——《裸猿》《人類動物園》《親密行為》嚮人類宣稱：人，不是從天而降的天使，而是由地而生的猿猴。

從《裸猿》三部麯起，他一共創作瞭十來種著作，被翻譯成多種語言，且長銷不衰。

譯者何道寬簡介：

何道寬，深圳大學英語及傳播學教授，享受政府津貼的專傢，曾任中國跨文化交際研究會副會長，現任中國傳播學會副理事長、深圳市翻譯協會高級顧問，從事文化學、人類學、傳播學研究20餘年，著譯逾1 000萬字。著作有《中華文明頡要》（漢英雙語版）、《創意導遊》（英文版）；電視教學片有《實用英語語音》。譯作逾40種，要者有：《思維的訓練》《文化樹》《超越文化》《理解媒介》等。