Aggression in Proximity Relationships (APR): Philosophies is the first of three volumes addressing all forms of aggression, violence, and abuse in intimate, proximity relationships including those defined under traditional concepts of DV and IPV. In this volume, there is an evaluation of the foundational theory that informs current service provisions, policy, and program development to address APR.
The theory of evolution by means of natural selection is the primary undergirding theoretical framework for current theories and models used to explain aggression. The theory of evolution is the basis of systems theory and aggression models used to frame policies and programs to address APR. However, a closer evaluation of evolution theory shows flaws in its fundamental tenets and its philosophical orientation.
The fundamental tenets of evolutionary theory, natural selection, fitness, survivability, and aggression, inform current studies in genetics and genetically-programmed predispositional vulnerability that present as a diathesis to dysfunctional aggression such as APR. Nevertheless, there are flaws in the philosophical orientation that inform these tenets. Further, the philosophical orientation forms the basis of interpretations and analysis of APR rooted in inequity and discrimination.
In this book, there is a discussion of the fundamental tenets of evolution, their flaws, and the philosophical orientation that guide the theory. There are discussions of the subtle underpinnings of religious cosmological philosophy that remains intertwined in the theory, and which continues to impinge on current research.
In this book, there is an outline and assessment of the diathesis models of predispositional vulnerability pertaining to APR, the biogenetic and the epigenetic mechanisms involved in the transmission of genetically-programmed predispositional vulnerability and susceptibility to violence and aggression.
