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_aCB69 _b.K44 2016 |
100 | 1 | _aKelly, Robert L., | |
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_aThe fifth beginning : _bwhat six million years of human history can tell us about our future / _cRobert L. Kelly. |
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_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c[2016] |
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264 | 4 | _c2016. | |
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_axi, 149 pages ; _c24 cm. |
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_atext _btxt _2rdacontent. |
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_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia. |
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_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier. |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aThe end of the world as we know it -- How archaeologists think -- Sticks and stones : the beginning of technology -- Beads and stories : the beginning of culture -- Bread and beer : the beginning of agriculture -- Kings and chains : the beginning of the state -- Nothing lasts forever : the fifth beginning. | |
520 | _a"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. | ||
650 | 0 | _aCivilization. | |
650 | 0 | _aCulture. | |
650 | 0 | _aSocial history. | |
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