상세정보
Export to Refworks부가기능
The fifth beginning : what six million years of human history can tell us about our future
상세 프로파일
| 자료유형 | 단행본 |
|---|---|
| 서명/저자사항 | The fifth beginning : what six million years of human history can tell us about our future/ Robert L. Kelly. |
| 개인저자 | Kelly, Robert L.,author. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (pages cm). |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: 9780520293120 0520293126 |
| ISBN | 9780520966369 0520966368 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | The 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. |
| 요약 | "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. |
| 일반주제명 | Civilization. Culture. Social history. HISTORY --World. Civilization. Culture. Social history. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
| 바로가기 |  |
