Bad Religion's Greg Graffin to release new book

Bad Religion's main-man, Greg Graffin, has announced that he'll be releasing his second book next month.

The 50 year-old singer of the punk rock icons will release his new book, 'Population Wars: A New Perspective On Competition And Existence' on September 15th. His first book was 2010's 'Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without'. You can purchase that book in hardcopy or on Kindle over at Amazon. 

The synopsis of the new book can be read below.

"From the very beginning, life on Earth has been defined by war. Today, those first wars continue to be fought around and literally inside us, influencing our individual behavior and that of civilization as a whole. War between populations-whether between different species or between rival groups of humans-is seen as an inevitable part of the evolutionary process. The popular concept of "the survival of the fittest" explains and often excuses these actions.

In Population Wars, Greg Graffin points to where the mainstream view of evolutionary theory has led us astray. That misunderstanding has allowed us to justify wars on every level, whether against bacterial colonies or human societies, even when other, less violent solutions may be available. Through tales of mass extinctions, developing immune systems, human warfare, the American industrial heartland, and our degrading modern environment, Graffin demonstrates how an oversimplified idea of war, with its victorious winners and vanquished losers, prevents us from responding to the real problems we face. Along the way, Graffin reveals a paradox: When we challenge conventional definitions of war, we are left with a new problem, how to define ourselves.

Population Wars is a paradigm-shifting book about why humans behave the way they do and the ancient history that explains that behavior. In reading it, you'll see why we need to rethink the reasons for war, not only the human military kind but also Darwin's "war of nature," and find hope for a less violent future for mankind."

You can pre-order the book, as well as stream a new acoustic track, 'Faith Alone', from Graffin that inspired the book right here.