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Rationalism in the Neolithic Interlude

Rationalism in the Neolithic Interlude

Stationary foragers, communal buildings, proto-administration

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Michael G. Heller
Oct 27, 2023
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Composition IX, by Wassily Kandinsky Date: 1936

Recap and introduction

Our story of society has been told in terms of differentiation — between persons as biological individuals, between the group and its members, between the dominant person and the obedient group. We turn now to a fourth differentiation emerging on the basis of administrative organisati…

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