Publisher's Synopsis
Reflection on Violence, War, and Peace: A New and Early Approach to Violence Prevention is a reflection on human conditions and our relationships with each other and with the natural world. In this book, you will discover: -How Genes, evolution, and the environment interact with each other to determine how we perceive and react to threats.-Why people are willing to trade their individual freedom and liberty for safety and security.-Why some young westernized Muslims are attracted to extremism.-How individuals, groups, and institutions exploit fear.-How advances in communication technology and the Internet are increasing cross-cultural interaction to unknown end.-How your brain determines who you are and how it constructs a reality for you.-How important it is to expose your child to divers life-enhancing skills and experiences during childhood.-Early Child Brain Development Initiative Techniques (ECBD-IT). *Ideas as to how human violent behavior and war could be prevented, and cooperation, creativity, and coexistence can be enhanced.