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Cambridge Archaeological Journal Paper of the Month - An Anarchist Archaeology of Equality: Pasts and Futures Against Hierarchy (Open Access) (www.cambridge.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Hmm... Is there an underlying argument being made here that we should reject any narrative that predicates the current state of the world (e.g., widespread inequality) as an inevitable (or probable) outcome of historical processes? That would suggest that we’ve been overemphasizing causal vs stochastic elements in human cultures.

Are there any good studies looking at (say) the statistical persistence of cultural or institutional traits over time, in the absence of external factors? Or the general predictability (or lack thereof) of institutional changes over time?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aman.13940

See point 3 for the first half of your question, from the same group. ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks—that’s a great overview!

I guess what I’m hoping for are sources that make a clearer distinction between the case that the teleological grand-narrative view of history is a harmful product of our social and political biases, and the case that it’s objectively wrong.

I believe that both are true, but I want to keep the arguments separate in my head.