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The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness by Erich Fromm
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it was amazing

This a book showing that human is more violent than animal. The more "civilized", the more violent he becomes. When reading this book, I remember a National Geographic episode showing the most dangerous cat variety. Can you imagine that tiger and lion are second to house-cat? House cat kills anything, while tiger and lion merely kill their food. Just like human, don't you think?
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message 1: by Dylan (last edited Feb 23, 2010 01:30PM) (new) - rated it 4 stars
Feb 23, 2010 12:08PM

Dylan I think it is important to pay attention to the quote at the beginning of the book: "When I look at history I am a pessimist... but when I look at prehistory I am an optimist." The history of civilization is totally violent. But I think Fromm tries to show that that aggression is not typical of the human species at all. The problem is civilization. If we dump the system there's reason for optimism.
See:
Against Civilization Readings and Reflections
Against His-Story Against Leviathan


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