Utopian Legacies
Mohawk, John C
Paradoxically, contemporary horrors like ethnic cleansing are deeply rooted in humanity's highest aspirations, which have given rise to countless similar upheavals and atrocities perpetrated over millennia. Although the ideals embodied in religion and philosophy are considered to be humanity's prime "civilizing" force, religions that preach love have been used to justify the bloodiest massacres, and utopian ideals have fomented intolerance and...
