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Greed Unbound: Official Misdeeds in Political Economies of Kin Groups and Chiefdoms (Volume 1) - Couverture souple

Mendonsa, Ph.D., Eugene L

 
9781483445939: Greed Unbound: Official Misdeeds in Political Economies of Kin Groups and Chiefdoms (Volume 1)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1483445933 ISBN 13 : 9781483445939
Editeur : Lulu Publishing Services, 2016

Synopsis

The first volume of Greed Unbound is about the ways elites siphoned off value from workers in the early Neolithic farming and herding societies. In the broadest terms, it highlights the consequences of greed in officialdom, the offices of kin groups, cults, secret societies, and chiefdoms. Greed in all of these groups has consistently led to severe inequality. Prior to the Agricultural Revolution inequality had been held in check, being restricted to such things as respect for the elderly and male chauvinism. In the mild inequality of the Long Paleolithic, no one person or faction could siphon value from the labor of others. But all that changed once food was stored in farming societies, allowing greedy chiefs to exploit the common people-in stark contrast to the egalitarian nature of life before the development of stored wealth. With the change, exploitation flourished, as did warfare and mystical institutions that functioned to mislead and appease the masses.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The first volume of Greed Unbound is about the ways elites siphoned off value from workers in the early Neolithic farming and herding societies. In the broadest terms, it highlights the consequences of greed in officialdom, the offices of kin groups, cults, secret societies, and chiefdoms. Greed in all of these groups has consistently led to severe inequality. Prior to the Agricultural Revolution inequality had been held in check, being restricted to such things as respect for the elderly and male chauvinism. In the mild inequality of the Long Paleolithic, no one person or faction could siphon value from the labor of others. But all that changed once food was stored in farming societies, allowing greedy chiefs to exploit the common people-in stark contrast to the egalitarian nature of life before the development of stored wealth. With the change, exploitation flourished, as did warfare and mystical institutions that functioned to mislead and appease the masses.

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Éditeur
Lulu Publishing Services
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1483445933
ISBN 13 
9781483445939
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
612
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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