ABSTRACT

The Ephemeral Civilization is an astonishing intellectual feat in which Graeme Snooks develops an original and ground-breaking analysis of changing sociopolitical forms over the past 3,000 years. Snooks challenges the prevailing theories of social evolutionism with an innovative approach which also looks ahead to the twenty-first century. The Ephemeral Civilization builds on the model of dynamic strategy outlined in the author's highly acclaimed companion volume, The Dynamic Society.
The Ephemeral Society is divided into three parts - theory, history and future.

chapter 1|20 pages

THE MYTH OF SO CIAL EVOLUTION

part |2 pages

Part I Theory

chapter |49 pages

Part IA: Strategic theory

chapter |57 pages

Part IB: Evolutionary theory

part |2 pages

Part II History

chapter |75 pages

Part IIA: Conquest society

chapter |67 pages

Part IIB: Commerce society

chapter |146 pages

Part IIC: Technological society

part |2 pages

Part III Future

chapter 13|24 pages

A G LO BAL-STATE?