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“We might ask what ultimately determines the shape a society takes: economic factors, organizational imperatives or cultural meanings and ideas? … We might also suggest a fourth possibility. Are societies in effect self-determining, building and reproducing themselves primarily with reference to each other?”
— Jul 16, 2024 12:38PM
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Natalie
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“…what we can say with some confidence is that the societies encountered by European invaders from the 16th century onwards were the product of centuries of political conflict and self-conscious debate. They were, in many cases, societies in which the ability to engage in self-conscious political debate was itself considered one of the highest human values.“
— Dec 31, 2024 08:57AM
Natalie
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“Humans may not have begun their history in a state of primordial innocence, but they do appear to have begun it with a self-conscious aversion to being told what to do.”
— Jun 09, 2024 09:29AM
