Territory is everywhere

For his 85th birthday: The great work of the legendary philanthropist Everyone knows the situation: we're sitting on the suburban train and suddenly someone sits down next to us, even though there are plenty of other free seats. This behaviour bothers us. Why is someone moving so close to us? We feel uncomfortable, perhaps even annoyed. Because every space that we perceive as our own becomes our territory, which we defend. Conflicts and tensions are the result. We react just as irritably to intruders in other personal areas: our expertise, our knowledge, our beliefs, our hobbies or our opinions. Samy Molcho - one of the world's best-known body language experts - shows that territorial boundaries and conflicts are not limited to physical areas, but also extend to our mental and intellectual world. By making us aware of how central "territory" is to our constitution as human beings, he provides us with a fascinating tool to understand our behaviour as individuals, as communities, as whole societies, even to the point of religious wars and international conflicts. The whole world is territory, from the most private setting to the global showdown. - Informative, full of surprising findings and profound insights!