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Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy

Karl Widerquist author Grant S McCall author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:31st Aug '18

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The state of nature, the origin of property, the origin of government, the primordial nature of inequality and war why do political philosophers talk so much about the Stone Age? And are they talking about a Stone Age that really happened, or is it just a convenient thought experiment to illustrate their points?
Karl Widerquist and Grant S. McCall take a philosophical look at the origin of civilisation, examining political theories to show how claims about prehistory are used. Drawing on the best available evidence from archaeology and anthropology, they show that much of what we think we know about human origins comes from philosophers' imagination, not scientific investigation.

ISBN: 9781474437790

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224 pages