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1 Genes, Culture, and History in Coevolution |
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3 | (26) |
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1.1 Coevolution and Human Nature |
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3 | (10) |
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1.2 Sociology, History, and Cliodynamics |
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13 | (9) |
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1.3 Consilience and Cooperative Naturalism |
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22 | (7) |
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26 | (3) |
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2 Ritual and Dramatic Performatives in History |
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29 | (34) |
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2.1 Evolution, Cognition, and Rituals |
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30 | (6) |
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2.2 Moving Rituals into Thick Explanation for Drama |
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36 | (4) |
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2.3 Empathy, Emotion, and Narrative |
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40 | (16) |
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2.4 Politics, Social Cohesion, and Altruism |
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56 | (7) |
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59 | (4) |
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Part II Political Universals in History and Performance |
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3 Coevolution in the Pleistocene |
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63 | (30) |
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3.1 Coevolution in the Early and Middle Pleistocene |
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64 | (6) |
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3.2 Cooperative Cultures in the Late Pleistocene |
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70 | (4) |
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3.3 The Invention of Language |
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74 | (6) |
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3.4 Ritual Interactions in Egalitarian Cultures |
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80 | (13) |
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89 | (4) |
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4 Destructive Creation in World History, 9000 BCE--1700 |
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93 | (34) |
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4.1 From Farming Villages to Macro-States |
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94 | (5) |
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4.2 Mega-Empires and a Democratic Opponent |
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99 | (10) |
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4.3 Accommodating Complexity Through Universal Religions |
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109 | (5) |
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4.4 Bunraku Politics in Tokugawa Japan |
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114 | (13) |
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125 | (2) |
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5 Capitalism, Tribalism, and Democracy, 1500--1960 |
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127 | (42) |
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5.7 Reformation and Enlightenment in Europe |
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128 | (4) |
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5.2 Mozart in Josephean Vienna |
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132 | (7) |
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5.3 Capitalism and Imperialism, 1500--1900 |
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139 | (3) |
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5.4 European and American Tribalisms, 1770--1945 |
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142 | (7) |
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5.5 Postwar Attempts to Transcend Racist Tribalism |
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149 | (20) |
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163 | (6) |
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Part III Neoliberal Capitalism and Political Disintegration in the US |
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6 Postwar Hegemony and the Reagan Reversal, 1945--1985 |
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169 | (24) |
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6.1 The Domestic Consequences of World Hegemony, 1945--1975 |
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170 | (6) |
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6.2 From the Great Society to Reagan's Neoliberalism, 1960--1985 |
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176 | (4) |
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6.3 Dysphoric Films Before and After the Reversal, 1950--1980 |
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180 | (13) |
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191 | (2) |
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7 Neoliberalism and Political Realignment, 1980--2015 |
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193 | (34) |
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7.7 American Life Under Neoliberalism |
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193 | (10) |
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7.2 Realignment and Polarized Politics |
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203 | (6) |
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7.3 The Better Angels of Our Nature |
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209 | (5) |
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7.4 The Internet and Neoliberalism |
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214 | (5) |
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7.5 Internet News and Politics |
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219 | (8) |
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224 | (3) |
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8 Neoliberal Politics, Polarized Films, and Authoritarianism, 2000--2020 |
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227 | (60) |
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8.1 Polarization and Authoritarianism |
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227 | (12) |
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8.2 Polarized Films, 2000--2012 |
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239 | (12) |
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8.3 Rage and Violence in Left- and Right-wing Films, 2012--2018 |
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251 | (12) |
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8.4 Trumpian Carnage in the Time of COVID-19 |
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263 | (8) |
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8.5 Insurrection and Beyond |
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271 | (8) |
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8.6 The Difficult Path Ahead |
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279 | (8) |
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284 | (3) |
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