Homo Criminalis: How Crime Organises the World

Sobre el libro Homo Criminalis: How Crime Organises the World de Mark Galeotti publicado por Random Usa al 2025:

´Glittering... the author’s obvious enthusiasm for the subject is matched by impressive erudition´ The Spectator When does a bandit become a monarch? When does a gang become a government? And is organised crime at the heart of every modern state? On a thrilling whistle-stop tour of how the world´s criminal underbelly has shaped state-making, capitalism, globalisation and all forms of so-called legitimate power, Homo Criminalis shows the emergence of modern society through the evolution of the underworld and its crimes. From Chinese banditry and eighteenth-century English tea smuggling to today´s cocaine submarines and the high-tech crimes of tomorrow, this book shows us how the world´s dark underbelly shapes us, no matter how we try to outpace it. Entertaining, engaging and packed full of fascinating stories, Homo Criminalis is a book for those who want to see our grand story of progress through the surprising and subversive new lens of organised crime.