The human swarm: how our societies arise, thrive, and fall 9781541617292, 1541617290, 9780465055685, 0465055680
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English Pages viii, 468 pages; 25 cm Year 2019
Table of contents :
Introduction --
Section I. Affiliation and recognition. What a society isn't (and what it is)
What vertebrates get out of being in a society
On the move
Individual recognition --
Section II. Anonymous societies. Ants and humans, apples and oranges
The ultimate nationalists
Anonymous humans --
Section III. Hunter-gatherers until recent times. Band societies
The nomadic life
Settling down --
Section IV. The deep history of human anonymous societies. Pant-hoots and passwords --
section V. Functioning (or not) in societies. Sensing others
Stereotypes and stories
The great chain
Grand unions
Putting kin in their place --
Section VI. Peace and conflict. Is conflict necessary?
Playing well with others --
Section VII. The life and death of societies. The lifecycle of societies
The dynamic "us"
Inventing foreigners and the death of societies --
Section VIII. Tribes to nations. Turning a village into a conquering society
Building and breaking a nation --
Section IX. From captive to neighbor...to global citizen? The rise of ethnicities
Divided we stand
The inevitability of societies --
Conclusion: Identities shift and societies shatter --
Acknowledgments --
Notes --
References --
Index.
Introduction --
Section I. Affiliation and recognition. What a society isn't (and what it is)
What vertebrates get out of being in a society
On the move
Individual recognition --
Section II. Anonymous societies. Ants and humans, apples and oranges
The ultimate nationalists
Anonymous humans --
Section III. Hunter-gatherers until recent times. Band societies
The nomadic life
Settling down --
Section IV. The deep history of human anonymous societies. Pant-hoots and passwords --
section V. Functioning (or not) in societies. Sensing others
Stereotypes and stories
The great chain
Grand unions
Putting kin in their place --
Section VI. Peace and conflict. Is conflict necessary?
Playing well with others --
Section VII. The life and death of societies. The lifecycle of societies
The dynamic "us"
Inventing foreigners and the death of societies --
Section VIII. Tribes to nations. Turning a village into a conquering society
Building and breaking a nation --
Section IX. From captive to neighbor...to global citizen? The rise of ethnicities
Divided we stand
The inevitability of societies --
Conclusion: Identities shift and societies shatter --
Acknowledgments --
Notes --
References --
Index.
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