Beyond War: The Human Potential for Peace by Douglas P. Fry

By Douglas P. Fry

A profoundly heartening view of human nature, Beyond War bargains a hopeful diagnosis for a destiny with no conflict. Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues that our historic ancestors weren't innately warlike--and neither are we. He issues out that, for possibly ninety-nine percentage of our background, for good over one million years, people lived in nomadic hunter-and-gatherer teams, egalitarian bands the place conflict was once a rarity. Drawing on archaeology and interesting contemporary fieldwork on hunter-gatherer bands from worldwide, Fry debunks the concept that battle is historical and inevitable. for example, between Aboriginal Australians, battle used to be an severe anomaly. Fry additionally issues out that even this present day, whilst warfare turns out ever current, nearly all of us dwell peaceable, nonviolent lives. we're not as warlike as we expect, and if we will be able to study from our ancestors, we are able to flow past struggle to supply genuine justice and protection for the world.

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