When a mixed martial arts studio moved in across the street from literary scholar Jonathan Gottschall’s office, the timing couldn’t have been better. Gottschall was in a mid-life crisis; he was out of shape and his academic career was stalling. So joining the gym was personal, but he was also fascinated by these questions: Why do men fight and why do we like to watch? Tuesday, Gottschall joins Doug to talk about his experience in the cage, and about violence and the rituals that contain it. (Rebroadcast)
Jonathan Gottschall is a distinguished fellow in the English Department at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania. He's the author of The Storytelling Animal [Indiebound|Amazon] and his new book The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch [Indiebound|Amazon]
Earlier this year, VideoWest sat down with University of Utah biologist David Carrier to get his insight on man as a fighting animal. The short film is called MADE TO FIGHT
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