The Global Ape: Between Extinction and Transcendence / Dan Corjescu

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corjescu, Dan, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Future.

Geschichte.

History.

Human Behavour.

Humankind.

Menschheit.

Menschliches Verhalten.

Zukunft.

Local Subjects:

Future.

Geschichte.

History.

Human Behavour.

Humankind.

Menschheit.

Menschliches Verhalten.

Zukunft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2022

Biography/History:

Dan Corjescu is the son of Romanian refugees and was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He grew up in and around New York City and studied the humanities, languages, and the social sciences in various universities throughout the US and Europe. He is currently teaching Globalization, Conflict and Cooperation, Society and Technology, Environmental Ethics, and Intro to Philosophy at the University of Tübingen's "Studium Professionale" program.

Summary:

What is Man? What is his nature? Where is he going? These are but some of the questions this book is trying to find answers to. They are questions that will take us on a fascinating intellectual journey encompassing politics, history, sociology, philosophy, religion, and science. Along the way you will encounter many great thinkers such as Aristotle and Nietzsche (to name but two) as well as be confronted by some of humanity’s most sublime achievements and horrific failures. After reading this book, you will have a better understanding of humankind’s potential for good and evil and our chances for survival and transcendence in the not too distant future.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction: The Global Ape Between Extinction and Transcendence

Chapter One: The Fiery People

1. War-Nests

2. Great Chefs

3. Highly Emotional People

4. Mind Readers

5. Socialites

6. Cuddly Punishers

7. The Cultural Animal

8. Masters of Complexity

Chapter Two: Human Behavior, War, and The State

Chapter Three: Global Elements of Genocide: The Scholars Speak

Chapter Four: Enlightenment, Modernity, and Genocide Reconsidered

Chapter Five: War's Dialectic?

Chapter Six: All of Caesar's Men

Chapter Seven: The Evolution of Leadership and Social Dominance

Chapter Eight: The Babbling Ape

Chapter Nine: The Religious Ape: Homo Religiosus

Chapter Ten: The Shifting Sands of Science and Technology

Chapter Eleven: Moral and Unfree or On the Moral Graciousness of Fatalism

Chapter Twelve: The Global Ape: Between Transcendence and Extinction

Bibliography.

Other Format:

Print version: Corjescu, Dan The Global Ape: Between Extinction and Transcendence

ISBN:

9783838276120

Publisher Number:

9783838276120