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The Postmodern Sustainable Unified Society
ContentsAbstract 5Diagram: ape evolution and hominid evolution 6Diagram: the history of human society 7Diagram: the Sustainable Affluent System 8Introduction 9
Part 1. The History of Human Society
111. The Social Lives 111.1. The Social Lives for the Primate Social Structures 111.2. The Harmonious Social Life 151.2.1. Cooperation - The Hyper Friendly Instinct 161.2.2. Detection – The Detective Instinct 171.2.3. The Conscience Instinct 192. The Prehuman Period 202.1. Ape Evolution 202.1.1. The Original Ape: the solitary ape 212.1.2. The First Split: the peacemaking ape 212.1.3. The Second Split: the loyal ape 222.1.4. The Third Split: the harmonious ape 222.1.5. The Fourth Split: the aggressive ape 252.2. Hominid Evolution 263. The Interaction of the Social Lives 303.1. The Properties of the Social Lives 303.2. The Enforcement of the Social Life 313.3. The Interaction of the Social Lives 324. The Prehistoric Period 344.1. The Prehistoric Harmonious Society 344.2. The Religious Prehistoric Harmonious Society 364.3. The Exit from the Harmonious Society 385. The Early Period 42
5.1. The Early Collective Society 425.2. The Early Individualistic Society 455.3. The Revival of the Harmonious Society 466. The Modern Period 49
6.1. The Modern Individualistic Society 496.1.1. The Renaissance 496.1.2. The Industrial Revolution 506.2. The Modern Collective Society 51
6.3. The Modern Constitutional Two-Party Society 52
6.4. The Christian Church 546.4.1. The Early Church as the Harmonious Society 546.4.2 The Church as the State Religion 556.4.3 The Reformation: the breakdown of the intermediary 566.4.4.
The Puritan Movement: the breakdown of the collective society
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