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War Before Civilization
Lawrence H. Keeley
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The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized societies alone. Prehistoric warfare, according to this view, was little more than a ritualized game, where casualties were limited and the effects of aggression relatively mild. Lawrence Keeley's groundbreaking War Before Civilization offers a devastating rebuttal to such comfortable myths and debunks the notion that warfare was introduced to primitive societies through contact with civilization (an idea he denounces as "the pacification ... Read more
The myth of the peace-loving "noble savage" is persistent and pernicious. Indeed, for the last fifty years, most popular and scholarly works have agreed that prehistoric warfare was rare, harmless, unimportant, and, like smallpox, a disease of civilized societies alone. Prehistoric warfare, according to this view, was little more than a ritualized game, where casualties were limited and the effects of aggression relatively mild. Lawrence Keeley's groundbreaking War Before Civilization offers a devastating rebuttal to such comfortable myths and debunks the notion that warfare was introduced to primitive societies through contact with civilization (an idea he denounces as "the pacification ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
307g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195119121
SKU
V9780195119121
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About Lawrence H. Keeley
Lawrence H. Keeley is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has contributed articles to Scientific American and Nature, and has appeared in documentaries that have run on PBS, The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois with his wife and son.
Reviews for War Before Civilization
The evidence that Mr. Keeley marshals is vivid, varied, and often complex.
The New York Times Book Review
...Keeley is an engaging writer who provides excellent summaries on many topics.
American Anthropologist
A sobering, grim, and important book.
Foreign Affairs
The New York Times Book Review
...Keeley is an engaging writer who provides excellent summaries on many topics.
American Anthropologist
A sobering, grim, and important book.
Foreign Affairs