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Long-Term Processes in the History of Humanity
Langfristige Prozesse in der Menschheitsgeschichte
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Abstract "Humanity" is no longer an ideal but a reality. Its history does not date back a few hundreds of generations, as was still believed in the 18th century; it encompasses many tens of thousands of generations. A synthesis of historical, sociological, anthropological, archaeological, and biological appr... mehr
"Humanity" is no longer an ideal but a reality. Its history does not date back a few hundreds of generations, as was still believed in the 18th century; it encompasses many tens of thousands of generations. A synthesis of historical, sociological, anthropological, archaeological, and biological approaches is now possible. An attempt in this direction is made here in the form of a few simple overall "process models." The three major ecological transformations brought about by humans serve as benchmarks: the domestication of fire, the rise of agriculture, and the "industrial revolution." Each new stage in control over nature signalled a simultaneous increase in dependency on that which was being controlled. Against this background, secular trends of growth, concentration, specialisation, organisation, and stratification of human populations have been dominant over the last ten millennia.... weniger
Klassifikation
Geschichte
Soziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
history of humanity; ecological transformations; process models; control and dependency; agrarianisation; dominant long-term trends; regimes; transformation; agrarian societies
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 45-61
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 48 (2023) 1
Heftthema
Long-Term Processes in Human History
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)