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All societies die : how to keep hope alive / Samuel Cohn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohn, Samuel, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Cornell scholarship online.
- Cornell scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic history.
- Civilization.
- Regression (Civilization).
- Social stability.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- In 'All Societies Die', Samuel Cohn asks us to prepare for the inevitable. Our society is going to die. What are you going to do about it? But he also wants us to know that there's still reason for hope. In an immersive and mesmerizing discussion Cohn considers what makes societies (throughout history) collapse.
- Contents:
- The reality of societal death
- Tempting false steps
- Thinking big about thinking big
- What would be lost
- The seeds of trouble
- The hidden source of strength
- Crime, corruption and violence
- Triggers of destruction
- The circle of societal death
- Changing the culture, changing the world.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 17, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9781501755910
- 1501755919
- OCLC:
- 1193560028
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