War in Human Civilization
(häftad)av Azar Gat
(Oxford)
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2009-07-16 teo
Den som noga läser igenom innehållsförteckningen ser att denna bok handlar inte exakt om vilka vapen som användes i vilket slag, utan istället är boken en slags sociologisk studie, vad som framkallar krig. Gat rör sig tvärs igenom områden som antropologi, sociologi, statsvetenskap, historia och ekonomi. En av de bästa böcker jag har, och Gat har en av den snyggaste pedagogik jag sett någonstans. Boken påminner om John Keegans 'Krig och kultur', men är bättre.
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"War in Human Civilization is indeed the ambitious, sweeping book that the author set out to write. Both its scope and scale are impressive as is the wide range of sources and disciplines whose theories and methods are brought to bear on the 'riddle' of war.... The coverage and the deft weaving together of so many central theories on human behavior make this a book worth examining."--Michael S. Neilberg, Journal of Social History<br> "A work of extraordinary scope and formidable erudition.... Gat definitively unravels the riddle of civilization and war."--Professor Robert J. Lieber, Georgetown University<br> "Gat's book is a rich undertaking definitely well worth reading and pondering."--William R. Thompson, The International History Review<br>
(Oxford)
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Innehållsförteckning
PART 1: WARFARE IN THE FIRST TWO MILLION YEARS: ENVIRONMENT, GENES, AND CULTURE; 1. Introduction: The Human 'State of Nature'; 2. Peaceful or War-like: Did Hunter-Gatherers Fight?; 3. Why Fighting? The Evolutionary Perspective; 4. Motivation: Food and Sex; 5. Motivation: the Web of Desire; 6. 'Primitive Warfare': How Was It Done?; 7. Conclusion: Fighting in the Evolutionary State of Nature; PART 2: AGRICULTURE, CIVILIZATION, AND WAR; 8. Introduction: Evolving Cultural Complexity; 9. Tribal Warfare in Agraria and Pastoralia; 10. Armed Force in the Emergence of the State; 11. The Eurasian Spearhead: East, West, and the Steppe; 12. Conclusion: War, the Leviathan, and the Pleasures and Miseries of Civilization; PART 3: MODERNITY: THE DUAL FACE OF JANUS; 13. Introduction: the Explosion of Wealth and Power; 14. Guns and Markets: the New European States and a Global World; 15. Unbound and Bound Prometheus: Machine Age War; 16. Affluent Liberal Democracies, Ultimate Weapons, and the World; 17. Conclusion: Unravelling the Riddle of War; Endnotes; Index
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