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oapen-20.500.12657-317502021-11-04T14:08:42Z Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy Widerquist, Karl McCall, Grant Political Science State of nature property rights appropriation social contract theory state authority inequality equality origin of government Anthropology Hunter-gatherer John Locke Stateless society Thomas Hobbes bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government This book looks at how modern philosophers pass on myths about prehistory. Why do political philosophers talk so much about the Stone Age? The state of nature, the origin of property, the origin of government, and the primordial nature of inequality and war are popular topics in political philosophy, but are they being used as more than just illustrative examples? Does the best available evidence from archaeology and anthropology support or conflict with the stories being passed on by political philosophers? This book presents a philosophical look at the origin of civilization, examining political theories to show how claims about prehistory are used and presents evidence that much of what we think we know about human origins comes not from scientific investigation but from the imagination of philosophers. 2017-03-09 23:55 2020-03-24 03:00:27 2020-04-01T13:48:06Z 2020-04-01T13:48:06Z 2017-01-31 book 625284 OCN: 982228577 9781474431200 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31750 eng application/pdf n/a 625284.pdf Edinburgh University Press 10.26530/oapen_625284 100155 10.26530/oapen_625284 2a191404-86cd-479e-afc8-ff2b8d611a94 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781474431200 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 100155 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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This book looks at how modern philosophers pass on myths about prehistory.
Why do political philosophers talk so much about the Stone Age? The state of nature, the origin of property, the origin of government, and the primordial nature of inequality and war are popular topics in political philosophy, but are they being used as more than just illustrative examples? Does the best available evidence from archaeology and anthropology support or conflict with the stories being passed on by political philosophers?
This book presents a philosophical look at the origin of civilization, examining political theories to show how claims about prehistory are used and presents evidence that much of what we think we know about human origins comes not from scientific investigation but from the imagination of philosophers.
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