Ultrasocial : the evolution of human nature and the quest for a sustainable future /
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Author / Creator: | Gowdy, John M., author. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2021 |
Description: | 1 online resource ( xiv, 269 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12720696 |
Table of Contents:
- The ultrasocial origin of our existential crisis
- The evolution of ultrasociality in humans and social insects
- Our hunter-gatherer heritage and the evolution of human nature
- The agricultural transition and how it changed our species
- The rise of state societies
- The modern state/market superorganism
- Neoliberalism : the ideology of the superorganism
- Taming the market : a minimal bioeconomic program
- Evolving a sustainable and equitable future : what can we learn from nonmarket cultures?
- Reclaiming human nature : the future will be better (eventually).