April 2024
Intermediate to advanced
262 pages
8h 1m
English
DOI: 10.4324/b23260-8
It is not power that corrupts but fear.
(Aung San Suu Kyi—Nobel Peace Prize laureate)
Aung San Suu Kyi is right when stating that fear corrupts. Fear is a profound force that propels a lot we do—even when we think we are in perfect control. There is always a deeper stratum that determines what we think, feel, and do. Depending on the Zeitgeist, national culture, and socio-economic conditions where you live, you may consciously or unconsciously adhere to a certain idea of humankind. Scholars typically differentiate so-called Menschenbilder such as homo ludens ...
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