Literary Arts, Talk/Workshop

IMHO: Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Organised by: The Arts House
Performed by: Cheong Suk-Wai
  • Date:
    17 Oct 2019
  • Time:
    7:00pm
  • Duration:
    2h
  • Venue:
    The Arts House
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  • Language:
    English

Synopsis:

"Much of human history has consisted of unequal conflicts between the haves and the have-nots." – Jared Diamond​

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction, Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel argues against colonial notions of Eurasian hegemony based on intellectual, moral or genetic superiority. Instead he explores how gaps in power and technology between human societies originated primarily in environmental differences and the influence of geography on societies and cultures. ​

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IMHO: Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies


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