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

Beyond War: The Human Potential for Peace

Douglas P. Fry

331 pages first pub 2007 (view editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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This book is ideal for readers seeking an evidence-based challenge to the belief that human conflict is inevitable, offering a hopeful anthropological perspective on our capacity for peace.

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The classic opening scene of 2001, A Space Odyssey shows an ape-man wreaking havoc with humanity's first invention--a bone used as a weapon to kill a rival. It's an image that fits well with popular notions of our species as inherently violent, wi...

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