Culture Wars and the Global Village: A Diplomat's Perspective Book

Former ambassador to Nepal Coon argues that cultural conflicts are an inevitable part of human nature imbedded in our genes since prehistory. It apparently is being exacerbated right now because we are in a historic moment akin to the homo sapien switch to sedentary agriculture, when, according to Coon, larger and better organized groups subsumed or exterminated those that couldn't adapt. He muses on related themes and makes a vague call for cultural tolerance in the globalized world. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Why is there so much conflict in the Balkans, Middle-East and other parts of the world? This provides a diplomat's history of regional conflicts, turning to the prehistoric past to analyze intergroup hostility and suggesting that a new phase of cultural evolution has been entered. Cultural conflicts are an inevitable result of evolution and the transition to a new society: chapters show how this happens.