Protection and civilization

Shocking events, such as disasters, wars, mis-treatment or abuse

are serious attacks on the personal and social lives of human beings.

The search for protection from these disruptive events is one

of the major motives of mankind. The goal of this remarkable

book is to acquire insight into the development and effectiveness

of the tools which humanity has invented to cope with these

events and how it will be able to deal with the crises and suffering

it is being faced with now. The thesis is that the drive to protect

themselves has made people more resilient against many of these

events and empathy for the pain of other people has become the

core of their civilization.