Homo Luctor: from philosophical essays to concrete theory

Throughout the evolutionary trajectory of the human species, different conceptual perspectives have sought to understand what defines us as cultural, social and historical beings. Among these approaches, the notions of Homo Ludens and Homo Faber stand out, highlighting, respectively, the role of play and technical creation as fundamental dimensions of the human experience. However, these interpretations, although powerful, do not exhaust the complexity of the civilizing process. It is in this context that the proposal for Homo Luctor - the man who fights - emerges. This work presents an investigation in the form of a philosophical essay, the central aim of which is to identify theoretical alignments and similarities between the concepts of Homo Ludens and Homo Faber, inserting them into an expanded reading of the human evolutionary process. It also aims to explore the adherences and contributions of a new conceptual matrix: Homo Luctor, understood as an expression of the structural and innate impulse to fight as a constitutive dimension of the human being.

Pages: 164, Paperback, Our Knowledge Publishing