Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels
How Human Values Evolve
Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, biology, and history, Ian Morris explains why. Fundamental long-term changes in values, Morris argues, are driven by the most basic force of all: energy. Humans have found three main ways to get the energy they need--from foraging, farming, and fossil fuels. Each energy source sets strict limits on what kinds of societies can succeed, and each kind of society rewards specific…
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Weitere Autoren: Macedo, Stephen (Hrsg.) / Seaford, Richard (Komment.) / Spence, Jonathan D. (Komment.) / Korsgaard, Christine M. (Komment.) / Atwood, Margaret (Komment.) / Macedo, Stephen (Einf.)
- ISBN: 978-0-691-17589-8
- EAN: 9780691175898
- Produktnummer: 21797736
- Verlag: University Presses
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm
- Abbildungen: 2 halftones. 28 line illus. 2 tables. 6 maps., Karten
- Reihenbandnummer: 41
Über den Autor
Ian Morris is professor of classics and a fellow of the Stanford Archaeology Center at Stanford University.
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