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A profoundly heartening view of human nature, Beyond War offers a hopeful prognosis for a future without war. Douglas P. Fry convincingly argues that our ancient ancestors were not innately warlike--and neither are we. He points out that, for perhaps ninety-nine percent of our history, for well over a million years, humans lived in nomadic hunter-and-gatherer groups, egalitarian bands where warfare was a rarity. Drawing on archaeology and fascinating recent fieldwork on hunter-gatherer bands from around the world, Fry debunks the idea that war is ancient and inevitable. For instance, among Aboriginal Australians, warfare was an extreme anomaly. Fry also points out that even today, when war seems ever present, the vast majority of us live peaceful, nonviolent lives. We are not as warlike as we think, and if we can learn from our ancestors, we may be able to move beyond war to provide real justice and security for the world.

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Book category Books in English Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Interdisciplinary studies Peace studies & conflict resolution

• Full title: Beyond War
• Subtitle: The Human Potential for Peace
• Author: Douglas P. Fry
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• EAN: 9780195384611
• ISBN: 019538461X
• ID: 04518946
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Weight: 374 g
• Dimensions: 202 × 131 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. April 2009

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