Cargando…
The origins of violence : religion, history and genocide /
Genocide is commonly understood to be a terrible aberration in human behavior, performed by evil, murderous regimes such as the Nazis and dictators like Suharto and Pinochet. John Docker argues that the roots of genocide go far deeper into human nature than most people realize. Genocide features wid...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
London :
Pluto Press,
©2008.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Genocide is commonly understood to be a terrible aberration in human behavior, performed by evil, murderous regimes such as the Nazis and dictators like Suharto and Pinochet. John Docker argues that the roots of genocide go far deeper into human nature than most people realize. Genocide features widely in the Bible, the literature of ancient Greece and Rome, and debates about the Enlightenment. These texts are studied in depth to trace the origins of violence through time and across civilizations. Developing the groundbreaking work of Raphael Lemkin, who invented the term 'genocide', Docker guides us from the dawn of agricultural society, through classical civilization to the present, showing that violence between groups has been integral to all periods of history. This revealing book will be of great interest to those wishing to understand the roots of genocide and why it persists in the modern age. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-248) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849643221 1849643229 0745325440 9780745325446 9786611878726 6611878726 1435690729 9781435690721 0745325432 9780745325439 |