TRIBAL IMPERATIVES: ANCIENT AND MODERN

By Delbert Greear

The very essence of the noble and heroic in human society is the protection of, and devotion to one's "tribe." But when the actions undertaken in this effort bring into doubt the survival of civilization, the survival of humanity itself, or indeed the biological w

• Language: English
• Publisher: Painted Rock River Press
• Release date: Nov 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781088077467

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Dedication ..........................

Acknowledgments ..........................

About the Author ..........................

Foreword ..........................

I. The Land of Nod ..........................

II. Stones and Bones on the Plain of Shinar..........................

III. The Origin and Diversification of Language..........................

IV. Human Population, Languages and Tribes, Math and Science..........................

V. Beyond the Proto-Tribe ..........................

VI. A Neolithic Interlude ..........................

VII. Heroes and Kings ..........................

VIII. The Age of Empire ..........................

IX. What Hath Zoroaster Wrought? ..........................

X. Patterns of History—Endless Cycles or Progress?..........................

XI. Thermopylae, Masada, and Jonestown..........................

XII. The Age of the (Democratic?) Nation-State..........................

XIII. Tribal Imperatives in the Global Village..........................

Glossary ..........................

Bibliography ..........................

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