The history of the West is not quite what you learned in school
Josephine Quinn’s new book re-examines what people think they know about civilisations
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"The idea of civilisation, Ms Quinn points out, is relatively recent. The word was first used only in the mid-18th century and did not take hold of Western imaginations until the late 19th century..."
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@GuerillaOntologist Robert E. Howard had the right idea. "Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must ultimately triumph."
@lwriemen I think he was onto something. I have read anthropologists who say that semi-nomadic pastoralism is the most robust variety of human lifestyle, having survived longer than any other way of living. I've been saying for awhile that I think the future is going to involve more donkey carts than most people expect.