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200 14$aThe ephemeral civilization $eexploding the myth of social evolution /$fGraeme Donald Snooks
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aLondon $cRoutledge$d1997
215   $a1 online resource (600 p.)
300   $aOriginally published in print: 1997.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 527-546) and index.
327   $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; THE MYTH OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION; A REALIST MODEL OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR; A NEW MODEL OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; THE ETHEREAL WORLD OF INSTITUTIONALISM; THE ROBOTIC WORLD OF SOCIOBIOLOGY; ROME: SANCTUARY OF THE WOLF; TENOCHTITLAN: CITADEL OF THE SUN; GREECE: JEWEL OF THE AEGEAN; VENICE: APPARITION OF THE ADRIATIC; ENGLAND: ALBION AWAKENING; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: PHOENIX RISING; THE COMING CLASH OF THE MEGA-STATES: USA, EU, RUSSIA, CHINA; A GLOBAL-STATE?; Notes; Glossary of new terms and concepts; References; Index
330   $aThe Ephemeral Civilization is an astonishing intellectual feat in which Graeme Snooks develops an original and ground-breaking analysis of changing sociopolitical forms over the past 3,000 years. Snooks challenges the prevailing theories of social evolutionism with an innovative approach which also looks ahead to the twenty-first century. The Ephemeral Civilization builds on the model of dynamic strategy outlined in the author's highly acclaimed companion volume, The Dynamic Society. The Ephemeral Society is divided into three parts - theory, history and
606   $aEconomic history
606   $aSocial evolution
606   $aCivilization$xPhilosophy
606   $aHistory$xPhilosophy
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615  0$aSocial evolution.
615  0$aCivilization$xPhilosophy.
615  0$aHistory$xPhilosophy.
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