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A Criminal History of Mankind (original: 1984; edição: 2006)

de Colin Wilson (Autor)

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This landmark work offers a completely new approach to the history and psychology of human violence. Its sweep is broad, its research meticulous and detailed. Wilson explores the bloodthirsty sadism of the ancient Assyrians and the mass slaughter by the armies led by Genghis Khan, Tamurlane, Ivan the Terrible, and Vlad the Impaler. He delves into modern history, exploring the genocides practiced by Stalin and Hitler. He then takes a chilling look into the sex crimes and mass murders that have become symbols of the neuroses and intensity of modern life. With breathtaking audacity and stunning insight, Wilson puts criminality firmly in a wide, illuminating historical context. The result is a completely new approach to the history and psychology of human violence.… (mais)

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Membro:	CozyRaptor
Título:	A Criminal History of Mankind
Autores:	Colin Wilson (Autor)
Informação:	Mercury Books (2006), Edition: 2nd, 720 pages
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Colin WIlson knows nothing about psychology, psychiatry, child develoment, trauma, or dialectical materialism, and he puts all his knowledge to use in writing this book. This is full of stupid conclusions, outright factual errors, discredited (or never credited) science, and sheer flights of fantasy. Basically this book is prurient true crime masquerading as high minded study of criminology. It is nonsense on stilts. It starts badly with a comment about male dominance in gerbils (gerbils are matriarchal and the males tend to be more timid), continues at about one ridiculous statement a page until finally flung down. Avoid. (

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elahrairah | Sep 4, 2023 |

This book really deserves no more than 3.5 stars but the subject matter is fascinating enough for it to be distinguished. It gives an account of trends in criminality throughout history, attributing sociological forces shaped by an evolving psychology in humankind. Although there were many profound insights into human nature and motivations towards crime and how societal influences manifested changes in individual behaviours over time, I was often left dissatisfied with the causal analysis, which at times seemed to be somewhat simplistic application of stereotypes. Certainly, a lack of cited references did little to dispel this doubt. (

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m.j.brown | Dec 13, 2020 |

When Wilson says he's writing a history of mankind, he's not kidding! This book covers the full sweep of human history from before Homo sapiens to the 1970s. (I have the first edition, published in 1980.) It encompasses not only true crime but gobs of history, sociology, psychology and philosophy, and alludes to many and various classic books and essays. It must have taken Wilson years to research this thing. If you've a mind for an ambitious reading project (700 pages), this book is as good as any. I sure learned a lot. (

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meggyweg | Mar 6, 2009 |

Wilson's war v. short-cut specialists. There's no easy path to enlightenment, it seems. The ever busy Wilson knows of no short-cut, certainly. (

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Porius | Dec 28, 2008 |

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This landmark work offers a completely new approach to the history and psychology of human violence. Its sweep is broad, its research meticulous and detailed. Wilson explores the bloodthirsty sadism of the ancient Assyrians and the mass slaughter by the armies led by Genghis Khan, Tamurlane, Ivan the Terrible, and Vlad the Impaler. He delves into modern history, exploring the genocides practiced by Stalin and Hitler. He then takes a chilling look into the sex crimes and mass murders that have become symbols of the neuroses and intensity of modern life. With breathtaking audacity and stunning insight, Wilson puts criminality firmly in a wide, illuminating historical context. The result is a completely new approach to the history and psychology of human violence.

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