02195cam a2200301 i 4500 1011166968 TxAuBib 20231120120000.0 230129s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781324036920 HRD 35.00 1324036923 HRD 35.00 (OCoLC)1362866232 TxAuBib rda Chasteen, John Charles, 1955- After Eden [BOOK] : a short history of the world / John Charles Chasteen. New York : W. W. Norton, [2024] ©2024. xviii, 396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-381) and index. In After Eden, prominent Latin American historian John Charles Chasteen provided a concise history of the world, in which he explores the origins and persistence of the timeless phenomena of humanity’s inhumanity to itself. Where did it come from? Why has it been so prevalent throughout our history? And, most importantly, can we overcome it? Chasteen argues that to do so, we must understand our shared past. While much of that past is violent, we can look for inspiration from major periods when we strived to live more cooperatively, such as our early foraging periods, to the creation of universal religions and ethical systems, the birth of the ideas of individual liberty and freedom, the rise of socialism in response to the massive excesses of global capitalism, the civil rights and decolonization movements of the twentieth century, to the environmental and social justice movements of today. Once we understand who and what we are as a species and a people, we will be in the best position to figure out how to work together to tackle the greatest challenges we face today―mass global inequality and the destruction of our environment. -Provided by publisher. 20231120. World history. Civilization History. Equality History.