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"In The Fifth Beginning, archeologist Robert Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelly, Robert L., 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Temas:
Civilization.
Culture.
Social history.
Civilization
Social Conditions
Civilisation.
Histoire sociale.
civilization.
social history.
HISTORY > World.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Culture
Social history
Kultur
Sozialgeschichte
Zivilisation
activist.
agriculture.
ancient world.
archaeologist.
archaeology.
arms race.
capitalism.
citizenship.
communication.
cultural history.
culture.
evidence.
fifth beginning.
global.
globalization.
government.
history of culture.
history.
human development.
human history.
international.
life changing.
long term.
modern world.
nation states.
politics.
potential.
society.
technology.
wartime.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In The Fifth Beginning, archeologist Robert Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict the future of humanity. In an eminently readable style, Kelly identifies four key pivot points in the six-million-year history of human development: the emergence of technology, culture, agriculture, and the state. In each example, the author examines the long-term processes that resulted in a definitive no-turning-back change for the organization of society. Kelly then looks ahead, giving us evidence for what he calls a fifth beginning, one that began about AD 1500. Some might call it 'globalization, ' but the author places it in its larger context: a 5,000-year arms race, capitalism's global reach, and the cultural effects of a worldwide communication network. Kelly predicts the emergent phenomena of this fifth beginning will include the end of war as a viable way to resolve disputes, the end of capitalism as we know it, the widespread appearance of world citizenship, and forms of cooperation that end nation-states' near-sacred status. It's the end of life, as we have known it. However, this book and the author are cautiously optimistic: it dwells not on the coming chaos, but on humanity's great potential"--Provided by publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520966369
0520966368

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