Why We Fight

Human beings have been fighting with each other, with their environment, and with themselves for thousands of years. Buy why do people fight? This book is an introduction to how fighting has been addressed in different contexts throughout the ages, so that students might gain a greater understanding of why we fight. Here, Simon Van Booy selects gems of wisdom and insight from across the millennia to sort our thoughts and feelings on a question that has long confronted the human mind. Along with Van Booy''s commentary, these readings, poems, quotations, and images will encourage discussion and further reading.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Simon Van Booy is the author of two novels and two collections of short stories, including The Secret Lives of People in Love and Love Begins in Winter, which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. He is the editor of three philosophy books and has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, and the BBC. His work has been translated into fourteen languages. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Simon Van Booy, Simon Van Booy, Van Booy Simon
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 24.08.2010
• EAN: 9780061845567
• ISBN: 978-0-06-184556-7
• Seiten: 240
• Abmessung: 114 mm x 181 mm x 17 mm
• Serien: HarperPerennial; Harperperennial Modern Thought
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Ratgeber > Spiritualität > Esoterik; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Humanist philosophy, HISTORY: Women, PHILOSOPHY: General, nonfiction;philosophy;2009;2010;2011, PHILOSOPHY: MODERN, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY: Movements / Existentialism, PHILOSOPHY: Movements / Humanism, Philosophy / Modern