Homo bellicus

“Los guerrilleros suicidas que atacaron Washington y Nueva York el 11 de septiembre de 2001 hicieron algo más que matar a miles de civiles y demoler el World Trade Center. Destruyeron el mito dominante de Occidente.” Así comienza John Gray este breve e intenso libro que trata sobre la creencia que ha dominado nuestras mentes durante un siglo y medio: la idea de que ser un ciudadano moderno significa también ser más amistoso y razonable. Pero nada podría estar más lejos de la verdad, argumenta Gray. Al Qaeda, por ejemplo, es un producto de la modernidad y de la globalización, y no...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...