III. Antropología, civilización y violencia / Anthropology, civilization and violence
The great ape who can stop torturing and killing. On civilization, uncivilization and barbarism
Published
December 15, 2017
Keywords:
civilization, progress, uncivilization, barbarism, anarcho-primitivism, tribalism, violence, cruelty
How to Cite
Riechmann, J. (2017). The great ape who can stop torturing and killing. On civilization, uncivilization and barbarism. Bajo Palabra, (15), 165–181. https://doi.org/10.15366/bp2017.15.0012
Copyright (c) 2017 Jorge Riechmann

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Abstract
It is difficult for us to assume the heavy burden of being human. The illusory desire to get rid of this burden by way of a "return to prehuman origins" is a great temptation. But we should rather resist and persevere in our Sisyphean task, and not throw the baby out with the dirty bathwater of civilization. That’s why we explore in this essay the polysemy of the concept "civilization". A deflationary notion of progress is proposed, and a modest idea of civilization.
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