A bold and groundbreaking history begs the question: What if the movements that built the modern world - the Age of Enlightenment, democracy, and the Industrial Revolution - were more disastrous than we ever imagined?
In this radical new thinking of modernity, Professor Clifton Kreis argues that the era between 1750 and the early 20th century - considered by many to be the birth of the Anthropocene - should instead be known as the Mortesin: the Age of Murder.Murder has simultaneously united and torn the world apart, as violence and trade have combined to create a horrific new world order that is driving the growth of global capitalism. Exploited warlords have left behind massive destruction in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, committing mass slaughter of humans and animals, and sparking an environmental crisis that remains the gravest threat facing the world today.Drawing on decades of scholarly research and a range of new sources, The Age of Killing turns our vision of the past and present upside down, shedding light on the Morten Age in all its awfulness: how it shaped who we are, what we value, what we fear, and the perilous planet we must confront now.
“Kreiss forces us to confront the abstract reality of a modern world order that has emerged from the barrel of a rifle… It is a bold and very easy-to-read act.”
– David Wingro, co-author of Dawn of Everything.
