
Length6h 42m
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Fred Harrison draws on global-wide case studies to show how the violent birth of nation-states, whether the result of territorial conquests or colonialism, splits the population into two classes, victors and vanquished. This division is perpetuated and legitimated through the system of land tenure. The pathological consequences - as diverse as failed states, organised crime (mafia), religious fundamentalism and the re-emergence of piracy - are the result of the violent uprooting of the original inhabitants from their homelands.
Understanding the territorial basis of political power and wealth is the pre-requisite, Fred Harrison argues, for making sense of issues as diverse as genocide, narco-gangsterism, terrorism and fascism. The struggle over land and resources, he contends, is at the root of all of today's global crises. Some attempts are being made to restore land to those in need, ranging from the offer of land in Afghanistan to the Taliban as an inducement to set aside their violent strategies, to the sharing of the rents of oil in Nigeria to entice eco-warriors into mainstream politics. But these piecemeal tactics fail to synthesise the conditions for peace and prosperity.
The Predator Culture provides a framework for truth and reconciliation in what has become a violent world that is slipping dangerously out of control.
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology
Length6 hrs 42 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 8, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Predator Culture
2© 2010 Fred Harrison
3Prologue The Failed State
44 Lawrence and Karim (2007: 7).
5THE FAILED STATE
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6THE PREDATOR CULTURE
7Part 1 A General Theory of Violence
8Chapter 1 The Spatial Dynamics of Evolution
9THE PREDATOR CULTURE
10Figure 1:1 Structural Dynamics of the Social Universe
11THE PREDATOR CULTURE
12THE SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF EVOLUTION
13Chapter 2 The Culture of Pauperisation
14The Pathology of Rent Privatisation
151 Social Formations
162 The Predators
173 The Excluded
18THE CULTURE OF PAUPERISATION
196 Greenwood and Stini (1977: 147).
207 Harrison (2005).
21THE CULTURE OF PAUPERISATION
229 Harrison (1986).
23Chapter 3 The Socio-Ecology of Peace: Costa Rica
24Figure 3:1 Metrics of the Failed State
25Nicaragua 92 100 49 21
26Source: Garnier et al (1997: 357, Table 12:2).
27Source: Villanueva (1969: 67).
28THE PREDATOR CULTURE
29THE SOCIO-ECOLOGY OF PEACE: COSTA RICA
30Part 2 The Social Pathology of Land Grabs
31THE PREDATOR CULTURE
32COLONIALISM & THE CORRUPTION OF PEOPLE POWER 45
33COLONIALISM & THE CORRUPTION OF PEOPLE POWER 47
34COLONIALISM & THE CORRUPTION OF PEOPLE POWER 49
35COLONIALISM & THE CORRUPTION OF PEOPLE POWER 51
3615 Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification (2007), cited in Taylor (2009: 5-6).
37COLONIALISM & THE CORRUPTION OF PEOPLE POWER 53
38THE PREDATOR CULTURE
39Table 4:1 Global Inequality (1820-1992)
40Chapter 5 The Pathology of Re-ordered Space
41THE PREDATOR CULTURE
42THE PATHOLOGY OF RE-ORDERED SPACE
43Images of Humanity
44THE PATHOLOGY OF RE-ORDERED SPACE
45Chapter 6 Genocide & the Concentration Camp
46GENOCIDE & THE CONCENTRATION CAMP
47Equal to: %
4812 Lemarchand (1970).
49GENOCIDE & THE CONCENTRATION CAMP
50THE PREDATOR CULTURE