• Mortals: How the Fear of Death Changed Human Society Rachel E. Menzies
    ISBN: 9781760879167, 1760879169
    Год издания: 2021
    Издательство: Allen & Unwin
    Язык: Английский

    Human society is shaped by many things, but underlying them all is one fundamental force - our fear of death. This is the ground-breaking theory explored in Mortals. The ground-breaking book that uncovers how our fear of death is the hidden driver of most of humankind's endeavours. The human mind can grapple with the future, visualising and calculating solutions to complex problems, giving us tremendous advantages over other species throughout our evolution. However, this capability comes with a curse. By five to ten years of age, all humans know where they are heading: to the grave. In Mortals, Rachel Menzies and Ross Menzies,…

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