AN END TO MURDER: HUMAN BEINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CRUEL, SAVAGE AND MURDEROUS. IS ALL THAT ABOUT TO CHANGE?
Book ID/图书代码： 07980015B82344
English Summary/英文概要： Creatively and intellectually there is no other species that has ever come close to equalling humanity’s achievements, but nor is any other species as suicidally prone to internecine conflict. We are the only species on the planet whose ingrained habit of conflict constitutes the chief threat to our own survival. Human history can be seen as a catalogue of cold-hearted murders, mindless blood-feuds, appalling massacres and devastating wars, but, with developments in forensic science and modern psychology, and with raised education levels throughout the world, might it soon be possible to reign in humanity’s homicidal habits? Falling violent crime statistics in every part of the world seem to indicate that something along those lines might indeed be happening.
Here is an analysis of the overall spectrum of human violence. They consider whether human beings are in reality as cruel and violent as is generally believed and they explore the possibility that humankind is on the verge of a fundamental change: that we are about to become truly civilised.
As well as offering an overview of violence throughout our history – from the first hominids to the twenty-first century, touching on key moments of change and also indicating where things have not changed since the Stone Age – they explore the latest psychological, forensic and social attempts to understand and curb modern human violence. To begin with, they examine questions such as: Were the first humans cannibalistic? Did the birth of civilisation also lead to the invention of war and slavery? Priests and kings brought social stability, but did they also bring the first mass murders? Is wealth the ultimate weapon? Is our distaste for pain and cruelty simply a social construct?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 创造性和智商没有其他物种像人类这样曾经接近均等的成就,但也不是任何其他物种毁灭性地倾向于内部冲突。我们是这个星球上的唯一物种,其根深蒂固的习惯的冲突构成了主要的威胁我们的生存。人类历史可以看作是一个目录的冷淡的谋杀,盲目的血仇,骇人听闻的屠杀和毁灭性的战争,但是,法医科学和现代心理学的发展,和世界各地的教育水平,可能很快就可以统治人类的杀气腾腾的习惯吗?减少暴力犯罪统计数据在世界各地似乎表明的事情等可能确实发生了。
这是一个人类暴力的整体光谱分析。他们认为人类是否在现实中残酷和暴力普遍认为和他们探讨的可能性:人类的边缘是一个根本性的改变,我们将成为真正的文明。
以及提供一个概览的暴力在我们的历史——从二十一世纪的第一个原始人,涉及关键时刻变化的,也表明事情没有改变自石器时代——他们探索最新的心理,法医和社会试图理解和控制现代人类暴力。首先,他们检查问题如:是第一个人类自相残杀的吗?做文明的诞生也导致战争和奴役的发明吗?牧师和国王带来了社会稳定,但他们也带来第一次大规模谋杀了吗?财富是终极武器吗?是我们讨厌痛苦和残忍只是社会建构?
人类一直都是残酷的，野蛮的和凶残的。这一切即将改变？人类历史可以被看作是冷血的谋杀，盲目血争斗，恐怖的大屠杀和毁灭性的战争目录。我们根深蒂固的冲突习惯构成了主要威胁我们人类的生存。但是，随着发展，法医学和现代心理学，并提出教育水平在世界各地，它可能很快就可以遏制人类的杀人习惯？（LNL）
Awards/获奖情况：Human beings have always been cruel, savage and murderous. Is all that about to change? Human history can be seen as a catalogue of cold-hearted murders, mindless blood-feuds, appalling massacres and devastating wars. Our ingrained habit of conflict constitutes the chief threat to the survival of our species. But, with developments in forensic science and modern psychology, and with raised education levels throughout the world, might it soon be possible to rein in humanity’s homicidal habits?
About the Author/作者介绍： 著名犯罪学家COLIN WILSON，电视和电台个性来说在犯罪学和心理学是最受欢迎和受人尊敬的作家之一。他是60多本书籍的畅销书作家,包括局外人,人类的犯罪史,瘟疫的谋杀,庞大的书真正的犯罪和许多其他的非小说类作品和小说。
DAMON WILSON 是许多书的作者包括犯罪档案和庞大的预言书。他是COLIN WILSON的超自然的庞大之书的合作者。
COLIN WILSON, renowned criminologist and TV and radio personality was one of the most popular and respected writers on both criminology and psychology. He was the best-selling author of over 60 books, including The Outsider, The Criminal History of Mankind, A Plague of Murder, The Mammoth Book of True Crime and many other works of non-fiction and fiction.
DAMON WILSON is the author of a number of books including The Crime Archives and The Mammoth Book of Prophecies. He is the co-author, with Colin Wilson, of The Mammoth Book of the Supernatural.
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