David Smith's new book, 'Less than Human,' featured in The Wire

On May 18, 2011, The Wire (Portsmouth, N.H.) featured a story on David Livingstone Smith's new book,Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others. The story was in advance of a talk and book signing by Smith at RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth on Wednesday, May 25, at 7 p.m.

Smith, associate professor of philosophy, was also recently interviewed on NPR's Talk of the Nation. He is also the author of The Most Dangerous Animal: Human Nature and the Origins of War and Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind.

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