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Conscience: A Biography
Martin Van Creveld
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Description for Conscience: A Biography
Hardcover. An exploration of conscience throughout history, asking whether it evolved or is a purely social invention, which ranges across numerous subjects, from human rights to health and the environment. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 31. Weight in Grams: 492.
Many consider conscience to be one of the most important and fundamental qualities that distinguishes humans from animals and machines, but to this day it remains a largely unknowable concept. What is conscience? Is it a product of our biological roots, as Darwin thought, or is it a purely social invention? If so, how did it come to be? Beginning in ancient Egypt, Martin van Creveld explores conscience throughout history, ranging across numerous subjects from human rights to health. Along the way van Creveld considers the evolution of conscience in its myriad, occasionally strange and ever surprising permutations. The book ... Read more
Many consider conscience to be one of the most important and fundamental qualities that distinguishes humans from animals and machines, but to this day it remains a largely unknowable concept. What is conscience? Is it a product of our biological roots, as Darwin thought, or is it a purely social invention? If so, how did it come to be? Beginning in ancient Egypt, Martin van Creveld explores conscience throughout history, ranging across numerous subjects from human rights to health. Along the way van Creveld considers the evolution of conscience in its myriad, occasionally strange and ever surprising permutations. The book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780234540
SKU
V9781780234540
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Martin Van Creveld
Martin van Creveld is Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and the author of many books including Wargames: From Gladiators to Gigabytes (2013) and The Privileged Sex (2013).
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