E-grāmata: Why Men?: A Human History of Violence and Inequality

An ambitious attempt to explain the origin of class and womens oppression. -- Counterfire The evidence Lindisfarne and Neale present is eye-opening and eclectic. Why Men? is conceived as a tonic against popular grand histories of humanity whose naturalising of inequality the authors chastise, together with their purportedly related neoliberal politics. ( A) refreshing book. -- Oren Harman, The Spectator A brilliant, funny, unputdownable book for our times, spectacularly puncturing dominant myths about human nature to explain how wealth creates war, why the dark ages werent so dark, and how we were once much less violent. Wonderful. -- Danny Dorling, author of Peak Inequality and All That Is Solid Fantastic storytelling and exhaustive research. This book takes us on a journey through civilisations and mythology to uncover the roots of gendered violence and inequality. Like nothing I have read before. -- Pragya Agarwal, author of Sway, (M)otherhood and Hysterical Whether youre a hater or a fan of Harari, Diamond and Pinker, this is a must-read: a fantastic historical thriller, and an insightful, expansive look at a great mystery of our time, showing that human oppression and violence are not inevitable. -- Chip Colwell, author of Stuff: Humanitys Epic Journey from Naked Ape to Nonstop Shopper A provocative counter-history of that elusive entity, human nature. This book gives us much to think about. -- Priyamvada Gopal, author of Insurgent Empire Eye-opening. Evolutionary accounts stressing the selfish, violent and male-dominated nature of our species--or our primate relative--often reflect thinly disguised ideological biases, as Why Men? so clearly shows. -- Frans de Waal, author of Chimpanzee Politics and Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist Presents the history of humanity, from the evolvement of Homo Sapiens to the most recent events, from a completely new and unexpected perspective. -- Modern Times Review