{"product_id":"killing-civilization","title":"Killing Civilization","description":"The concept of civilization has long been the basis for theories about how societies evolve. This provocative book challenges that concept. The author argues that a \"\"civilization bias\"\" shapes academic explanations of urbanization, colonization, state formation, and cultural horizons. Earlier theorists have criticized the concept, but according to Jennings the critics remain beholden to it as a way of making sense of a dizzying landscape of cultural variation. Relying on the idea of civilization, he suggests, holds back understanding of the development of complex societies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKilling Civilization\u003c\/em\u003e uses case studies from across the modern and ancient world to develop a new model of incipient urbanism and its consequences, using excavation and survey data from ÇatalhÖyÜk, Cahokia, Harappa, Jenne-jeno, Tiahuanaco, and Monte AlbÁn to create a more accurate picture of the turbulent social, political, and economic conditions in and around the earliest cities. The book will influence not just anthropology but all of the social sciences.","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57561730842968,"sku":"9780826362735","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/killing-civilization","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}