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we may in fact be seeing how very different kinds of power crystallise, each with its own peculiar mix of violence, knowledge and charisma: our three elementary forms of domination.

“We are at least trying to see what happens when we drop the teleological habit of thought, which makes us scour the ancient world for embryonic versions of our modern nation states. We are considering, instead, the possibility that- when looking at those times and places usually taken to mark the ‘birth of the state’-

Social power through violence, knowledge or charisma

Teotihuacan vs Maya schismogenesis

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Wow! "The freedom to create new and different forms of social reality".

This book gave me hope, and the beautiful thing is that is hope based on evidence. It open my mind to the possibilities, and a new frame to look at the information I get in my hands. It made me realize how easy it is to brush away and gas light key evidence that contradicts the familiar (respected voices), including my own.

Great book!