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I thought academic anthropology was moving away from ideas like Diamond's "Geographic determinism" and towards a more "Historical particularism" view of civiliz
by Phlarp 10y ago
I thought academic anthropology was moving away from ideas like Diamond's "Geographic determinism" and towards a more "Historical particularism" view of civilizations progress?
- woodandsteel 10y agoG,G,S is focused on why civilizations arise in the first place, and also why it is that Eurasian civilizations became so more powerful over the long term than any others, and for that he has a good explanation. He agrees there are many other factors involved in particular cases.