Escape from EvilFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Denial of Death, a penetrating and insightful perspective on the source of evil in our world. “A profound, nourishing book…absolutely essential to the understanding of our troubled times.” —Anais Nin “An urgent essay that bears all the marks of a final philosophical raging against the dying of the light.” —Newsweek “Brilliant and challenging…adds another bit of reason to balance destruction…It is, in the best sense of the words, both scientific and philosophical…of the highest importance.” —Los Angeles Times |
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... enemy . This was the start of the large - scale scapegoating that has consumed such mountains of lives down through ... enemies . In short , the oppressor and the oppressed , instead of fighting it out within the [ ancient ] city ...
... enemy . This was the start of the large - scale scapegoating that has consumed such mountains of lives down through ... enemies . In short , the oppressor and the oppressed , instead of fighting it out within the [ ancient ] city ...
Page 107
... enemy , in the form of his scalp or even his whole head or whole body skin.18 These could be worn as badges of bravery which gave prestige and social honor and inspired fear and respect . But more than that , as we saw in Chapter Two ...
... enemy , in the form of his scalp or even his whole head or whole body skin.18 These could be worn as badges of bravery which gave prestige and social honor and inspired fear and respect . But more than that , as we saw in Chapter Two ...
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... enemy , the fear that feeds war tends to find its outlet within the society , in the hatred between classes and races , in the everyday violence of crime , of automobile accidents , and even the self - violence of suicide.31 War sucks ...
... enemy , the fear that feeds war tends to find its outlet within the society , in the hatred between classes and races , in the everyday violence of crime , of automobile accidents , and even the self - violence of suicide.31 War sucks ...
Contents
Between Appetite | 1 |
Economics as Expiation | 26 |
The Origin of Inequality | 38 |
Copyright | |
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