Nothing Lasts Forever: Environmental Discourses on the Collapse of Past Societies |
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Authors: | Guy D Middleton |
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Institution: | (1) University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan |
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Abstract: | The study of the collapse of past societies raises many questions for the theory and practice of archaeology. Interest in
collapse extends as well into the natural sciences and environmental and sustainability policy. Despite a range of approaches
to collapse, the predominant paradigm is environmental collapse, which I argue obscures recognition of the dynamic role of
social processes that lie at the heart of human communities. These environmental discourses, together with confusion over
terminology and the concepts of collapse, have created widespread aporia about collapse and resulted in the creation of mixed
messages about complex historical and social processes. |
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