Law of the jungle
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| - | "'''The law of the jungle'''" is an expression that means "every man for himself", "anything goes", "survival of the strongest", "[[survival of the fittest]]", "kill or be killed", "dog eat dog" or "eat or be eaten". The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' defines the Law of the Jungle as "the code of survival in jungle life, now usually with reference to the superiority of brute force or self-interest in the struggle for survival." It is also known as '''jungle law''' or [[frontier justice]]. | + | "'''The law of the jungle'''" is an expression that has come to mean "every man for himself", "anything goes", "survival of the strongest", "[[survival of the fittest]]", "kill or be killed", "dog eat dog" or "eat or be eaten". The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' defines the Law of the Jungle as '''''<u>"the code of survival in jungle life</u>''''', now usually with reference to the superiority of brute force or self-interest in the struggle for survival." |
| - | The phrase was used in a [[poem]] by [[Rudyard Kipling]] to describe the obligations and behaviour of a wolf in a pack. However, this use of the term has been overtaken in popularity by the other interpretations above. | + | It is also known as '''jungle law''' or [[frontier justice]]. |
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| + | The phrase was used in a [[poem]] by [[Rudyard Kipling]] to describe the obligations and behaviour of a wolf in a pack. However, this use of the term has been overtaken in popularity by the other interpretations above. | ||
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| - | In the novel ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', [[Rudyard Kipling]] uses the term to describe an actual set of legal codes used by [[Grey wolf|wolves]] and other animals in the [[jungle]]s of [[India]]. In Chapter Two of ''[[The Second Jungle Book]]'', Rudyard Kipling provides a [[poem]], featuring the Law of the Jungle as known to the wolves, and as taught to their offspring. | + | In the 1894 novel ''[[The Jungle Book]]'', [[Rudyard Kipling]] uses the term to describe an actual set of legal codes used by [[Grey wolf|wolves]] and other animals in the [[jungle]]s of [[India]]. In Chapter Two of ''[[The Second Jungle Book]]'' (1895), Rudyard Kipling provides a [[poem]], featuring the Law of the Jungle as known to the wolves, and as taught to their offspring. |
| In the [[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|2016 Disney adaptation of the novel]], the wolves often recite a poem referred as the "law of the jungle" and when [[Baloo]] asks [[Mowgli]] if he ever heard a song and he begins to recite this anthem, the bear responds by telling him that it is not a song, but a [[propaganda]] text. | In the [[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|2016 Disney adaptation of the novel]], the wolves often recite a poem referred as the "law of the jungle" and when [[Baloo]] asks [[Mowgli]] if he ever heard a song and he begins to recite this anthem, the bear responds by telling him that it is not a song, but a [[propaganda]] text. | ||
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| *[[American frontier|The Wild West]] | *[[American frontier|The Wild West]] | ||
| + | *[[Callicles]] | ||
| + | *[[Might makes right]] | ||
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"NOW this is the law of the jungle, as old and as true as the sky, And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. —The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling |
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"The law of the jungle" is an expression that has come to mean "every man for himself", "anything goes", "survival of the strongest", "survival of the fittest", "kill or be killed", "dog eat dog" or "eat or be eaten". The Oxford English Dictionary defines the Law of the Jungle as "the code of survival in jungle life, now usually with reference to the superiority of brute force or self-interest in the struggle for survival."
It is also known as jungle law or frontier justice.
The phrase was used in a poem by Rudyard Kipling to describe the obligations and behaviour of a wolf in a pack. However, this use of the term has been overtaken in popularity by the other interpretations above.
The Jungle Book
In the 1894 novel The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling uses the term to describe an actual set of legal codes used by wolves and other animals in the jungles of India. In Chapter Two of The Second Jungle Book (1895), Rudyard Kipling provides a poem, featuring the Law of the Jungle as known to the wolves, and as taught to their offspring.
In the 2016 Disney adaptation of the novel, the wolves often recite a poem referred as the "law of the jungle" and when Baloo asks Mowgli if he ever heard a song and he begins to recite this anthem, the bear responds by telling him that it is not a song, but a propaganda text.
See also
- Anarchism
- Evolutionary psychology
- Natural law
- Stateless society
- Social Darwinism
- The Wild West
- Callicles
- Might makes right
